HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080749040
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 2 administrative regions : Boulgou, Zoundwéogo
Sub-basin area
359,2km²
Upstream area
32 905,6km²
Discharge
44,38m³/s
Mean elev.
260m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Guibga2729 km²
- Bassin de Nakembé181 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 355.0 km²99.2% of basin
- 2.8 km²0.8% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Barrage de Bagre
IUCN IIIWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
61.80 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
59 distinct species · 97 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
798mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,60
Runoff
120mm/an
PET
1 980mm
AET
673mm
Mean slope
0,6°
Water table
105cm
Forest
0%
Crops
41%
Urban
10%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)