HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080749470
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 3 administrative regions across 3 countries : Dandi, Gaya, Malanville
Sub-basin area
74,5km²
Upstream area
1 352 188,9km²
Discharge
915,25m³/s
Mean elev.
168m
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°
28,8°C
Annual rain
878mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,56
Runoff
124mm/an
PET
1 988mm
AET
742mm
Mean slope
0,7°
Water table
65cm
Forest
0%
Crops
36%
Urban
6%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)