HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080731410
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
41,4km²
Upstream area
17 316,3km²
Discharge
194,08m³/s
Mean elev.
324m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin du Bafing591 km²
- Bassin de Fari471 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- KéniébaKayes · Mali38.7 km²93.9% of basin
- DinguirayeFaranah · Guinea2.5 km²6.1% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 1 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°
27,0°C
Annual rain
1 244mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,38
Runoff
158mm/an
PET
2 007mm
AET
903mm
Mean slope
3,3°
Water table
369cm
Forest
0%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)