HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080730390
Bassin du Niger
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 : Dosso, Karimama
Sub-basin area
73,6km²
Upstream area
1 249 314,9km²
Discharge
1 209,82m³/s
Mean elev.
179m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin du Niger860 km²
- Bassin du Niger337 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- DossoDosso · Niger49.2 km²67.2% of basin
- 24.0 km²32.8% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Zone humide du moyen Niger
IUCN IbWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
51.62 km² overlap
Dosso
IUCN IVPartial Fauna Reserve
48.91 km² overlap
Site Ramsar du Complexe W
IUCN IIWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
22.41 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 distinct species · 19 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°
29,0°C
Annual rain
657mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,68
Runoff
75mm/an
PET
2 029mm
AET
554mm
Mean slope
0,6°
Water table
96cm
Forest
0%
Crops
11%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)