HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080732280
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 4 administrative regions : Bakura, Bukkuyum, Gummi, Tureta
Sub-basin area
468,2km²
Upstream area
468,4km²
Discharge
1,97m³/s
Mean elev.
316m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 148.2 km²31.8% of basin
- 124.7 km²26.7% of basin
- 103.8 km²22.3% of basin
- 89.7 km²19.2% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 2 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°
27,5°C
Annual rain
818mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,59
Runoff
133mm/an
PET
2 007mm
AET
690mm
Mean slope
0,6°
Water table
138cm
Forest
0%
Crops
3%
Urban
0%
Protected
22%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)