HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080718220
Bassin du Mouhoun
A watershed (drainage basin) is not a body of water — it is the land area where rainfall converges towards a single river that eventually reaches the sea (or an endorheic basin). Boundaries follow ridgelines.
Crosses 3 administrative regions : Kossi, Mouhoun, Nayala
Sub-basin area
574,9km²
Upstream area
52 289,6km²
Discharge
54,15m³/s
Mean elev.
266m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin du Mouhoun170 km²
- Bassin du Sourou163 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 319.9 km²55.9% of basin
- 252.5 km²44.1% of basin
- 0.2 km²0.0% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
220.34 km² overlap
Confluent du Sourou-Volta Noire
IUCN Not ReportedClassified Forest
153.99 km² overlap
Sa
IUCN Not ReportedClassified Forest
40.95 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
53 distinct species · 55 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Not enough documented interactions to build a meaningful graph for this territory.
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
28,8°C
Annual rain
709mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,65
Runoff
41mm/an
PET
2 023mm
AET
598mm
Mean slope
0,3°
Water table
57cm
Forest
0%
Crops
14%
Urban
1%
Protected
35%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)