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
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #10807474701116 km²
- Bassin du Niger507 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 34.5 km²46.5% of basin
- 26.8 km²36.1% of basin
- GayaDosso · Niger12.9 km²17.4% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Dallol Maouri
IUCN IVWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
15.28 km² overlap
Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
9.93 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
0 distinct species · 0 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
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)