HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080751410
Bassin · #1080751410
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 : Anka, Gusau, Maru
Sub-basin area
1 224,7km²
Upstream area
1 224,7km²
Discharge
8,23m³/s
Mean elev.
538m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1000.7 km²82.0% of basin
- 199.8 km²16.4% of basin
- 19.4 km²1.6% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
Kwaimbana
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
285.09 km² overlap
Kuyambana
IUCN Not ReportedGame Reserve
73.94 km² overlap
Maru Bongudu
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
58.33 km² overlap
East Anka
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
17.66 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
13 distinct species · 14 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°
25,8°C
Annual rain
1 015mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,47
Runoff
206mm/an
PET
1 905mm
AET
802mm
Mean slope
1,2°
Water table
137cm
Forest
0%
Crops
14%
Urban
3%
Protected
30%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)