HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080730510
Bassin de Kompa Gourou
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
2 020,9km²
Upstream area
2 020,9km²
Discharge
5,6m³/s
Mean elev.
239m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
6 intersecting protected areas
Site Ramsar du Complexe W
IUCN IIWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
2013.00 km² overlap
W (Benin)
IUCN IINational Park
1792.16 km² overlap
W Parks Regional Complex
IUCN IIRegional Park
1792.16 km² overlap
W-Arly-Pendjari Complex
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
1787.21 km² overlap
Zone humide du moyen Niger
IUCN IbWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
0.05 km² overlap
Dosso
IUCN IVPartial Fauna Reserve
0.01 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
677 distinct species · 6 651 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 24 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 Kompa Gourou : 19 espèces dont 3 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 49 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 16.3%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 6 bulles taxonomiques (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°
28,5°C
Annual rain
752mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,63
Runoff
68mm/an
PET
2 014mm
AET
634mm
Mean slope
0,6°
Water table
126cm
Forest
0%
Crops
14%
Urban
0%
Protected
89%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)