HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080731950
Bassin de Zamfara
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 3 administrative regions : Gummi, Shagari, Tureta
Sub-basin area
663,3km²
Upstream area
663,3km²
Discharge
2,44m³/s
Mean elev.
283m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 410.7 km²62.2% of basin
- 132.9 km²20.1% of basin
- 117.2 km²17.7% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 distinct species · 16 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°
27,8°C
Annual rain
806mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,60
Runoff
121mm/an
PET
2 019mm
AET
680mm
Mean slope
0,3°
Water table
147cm
Forest
0%
Crops
17%
Urban
1%
Protected
28%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)