HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080744190
Bassin de Nakembé
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 : Boulgou, Ganzourgou, Zoundwéogo
Sub-basin area
181,4km²
Upstream area
29 817,9km²
Discharge
35,43m³/s
Mean elev.
260m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Nakembé192 km²
- Bassin de Nakembé73 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 66.9 km²37.0% of basin
- 63.3 km²35.0% of basin
- 50.5 km²28.0% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
79 distinct species · 215 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°
28,3°C
Annual rain
787mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,60
Runoff
114mm/an
PET
1 986mm
AET
664mm
Mean slope
0,7°
Water table
98cm
Forest
0%
Crops
22%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)