HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080731270
Bassin du Bafing
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 : Dinguiraye, Kéniéba
Sub-basin area
591km²
Upstream area
16 804,6km²
Discharge
191,35m³/s
Mean elev.
367m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin du Bafing934 km²
- Bassin de Djogoyawol216 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- KéniébaKayes · Mali300.6 km²51.1% of basin
- DinguirayeFaranah · Guinea288.1 km²48.9% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
0 distinct species · 0 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°
26,8°C
Annual rain
1 273mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,36
Runoff
183mm/an
PET
1 994mm
AET
912mm
Mean slope
3,2°
Water table
281cm
Forest
11%
Crops
2%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)