HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080747640
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 2 administrative regions across 2 countries : Gaya, Malanville
Sub-basin area
506,7km²
Upstream area
1 280 657,5km²
Discharge
864,23m³/s
Mean elev.
187m
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°
28,9°C
Annual rain
828mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,58
Runoff
103mm/an
PET
1 989mm
AET
700mm
Mean slope
0,6°
Water table
110cm
Forest
0%
Crops
26%
Urban
6%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)