HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080723840
Bassin de Kaissagourou
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 1 administrative regions : Karimama
Sub-basin area
150,6km²
Upstream area
150,6km²
Discharge
0,32m³/s
Mean elev.
225m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
4 intersecting protected areas
Site Ramsar du Complexe W
IUCN IIWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
149.98 km² overlap
W (Benin)
IUCN IINational Park
134.35 km² overlap
W Parks Regional Complex
IUCN IIRegional Park
134.35 km² overlap
W-Arly-Pendjari Complex
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
134.01 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
16 distinct species · 115 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 5 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 Kaissagourou : 4 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 4 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 40.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 1 bulle taxonomique (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
28,7°C
Annual rain
676mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,67
Runoff
60mm/an
PET
2 030mm
AET
569mm
Mean slope
0,8°
Water table
186cm
Forest
0%
Crops
20%
Urban
0%
Protected
89%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)