HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080722940
Bassin de Tapoa
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 : Say, Tapoa
Sub-basin area
1 308,5km²
Upstream area
3 660,1km²
Discharge
5,18m³/s
Mean elev.
264m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Tapoa1688 km²
- Bassin de Tapoa665 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1225.8 km²94.0% of basin
- SayTillabéry · Niger77.7 km²6.0% of basin
8 intersecting protected areas
Parc National du W
IUCN IIWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
326.81 km² overlap
W-Arly-Pendjari Complex
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
217.92 km² overlap
W Parks Regional Complex
IUCN IIRegional Park
216.21 km² overlap
Tapoa-Djerma
IUCN Not ReportedGame Reserve
196.69 km² overlap
W du Burkina Faso
IUCN IINational Park
130.12 km² overlap
National Park
72.83 km² overlap
W Region
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
68.83 km² overlap
Barrage de la Tapoa
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
15.66 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
262 distinct species · 574 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 31 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Bassin de Tapoa : 31 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) + 0 bulles famille, 24 interactions GloBI documentées sur 3 types (connectance 5.2%, filtre Serrano α=0.2).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
28,3°C
Annual rain
740mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,64
Runoff
53mm/an
PET
2 038mm
AET
624mm
Mean slope
0,3°
Water table
127cm
Forest
0%
Crops
14%
Urban
1%
Protected
17%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)