HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080731560
Bassin de Balo
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
875,5km²
Upstream area
875,5km²
Discharge
4,82m³/s
Mean elev.
450m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- DinguirayeFaranah · Guinea872.0 km²100.0% of basin
- KéniébaKayes · Mali0.1 km²0.0% 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°
26,3°C
Annual rain
1 289mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,35
Runoff
179mm/an
PET
1 997mm
AET
924mm
Mean slope
5,3°
Water table
387cm
Forest
24%
Crops
2%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)