HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080720980
Bassin · #1080720980
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 2 administrative regions across 2 countries : Arewa Dandi, Gaya
Sub-basin area
670,1km²
Upstream area
60 911,4km²
Discharge
28,43m³/s
Mean elev.
218m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #1080711190790 km²
- Bassin · #1080711200413 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- GayaDosso · Niger530.5 km²79.5% of basin
- 137.0 km²20.5% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Dallol Maouri
IUCN IVWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
540.69 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 distinct species · 10 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
613mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,70
Runoff
59mm/an
PET
2 028mm
AET
516mm
Mean slope
0,6°
Water table
145cm
Forest
0%
Crops
33%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)