HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080741790
Bassin du Banifing
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 across 2 countries : Koutiala, Kénédougou, Sikasso
Sub-basin area
595,7km²
Upstream area
8 489,5km²
Discharge
12,44m³/s
Mean elev.
327m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin du Banifing549 km²
- Bassin du Banifing113 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 distinct species · 7 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°
27,2°C
Annual rain
1 001mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,50
Runoff
87mm/an
PET
1 989mm
AET
845mm
Mean slope
0,9°
Water table
110cm
Forest
0%
Crops
10%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)