HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080741300
Bassin du Niger
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 across 2 countries : Dosso, Gaya, Karimama, Malanville
Sub-basin area
411,5km²
Upstream area
1 252 304,6km²
Discharge
1 090,54m³/s
Mean elev.
190m
Administrative coverage
Species present
Ecological tissue
Graphe en cours d’indexation
Calcul du tissu écologique de cette entité.
Le graphe apparaîtra automatiquement dès que le calcul est terminé (rafraîchissement toutes les 2s).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
29,0°C
Annual rain
702mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,65
Runoff
83mm/an
PET
2 007mm
AET
592mm
Mean slope
0,7°
Water table
107cm
Forest
0%
Crops
26%
Urban
7%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)