HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080723980
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 2 administrative regions : Mouhoun, Nayala
Sub-basin area
622,4km²
Upstream area
56 128,4km²
Discharge
49,67m³/s
Mean elev.
280m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #10807177301375 km²
- Bassin du Mouhoun18 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 331.2 km²53.4% of basin
- 288.8 km²46.6% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
19 distinct species · 46 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°
28,6°C
Annual rain
761mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,63
Runoff
33mm/an
PET
2 033mm
AET
643mm
Mean slope
0,9°
Water table
148cm
Forest
0%
Crops
17%
Urban
0%
Protected
22%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)