HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080752670
Bassin de Sankarani
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 : Mandiana, Yanfolila
Sub-basin area
1 057,9km²
Upstream area
25 472,8km²
Discharge
295,13m³/s
Mean elev.
374m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Sankarani712 km²
- Bassin de Diaban560 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- YanfolilaSikasso · Mali855.8 km²81.2% of basin
- 197.9 km²18.8% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Sankarani-Fié
IUCN IVWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
243.39 km² overlap
Sorodian
IUCN IVClassified Forest
0.06 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
181 distinct species · 826 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 17 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Bassin de Sankarani : 16 espèces + 1 bulle famille, 13 interactions GloBI documentées sur 3 types (connectance 9.6%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). Les 1 bulle regroupe des espèces visuellement absorbées par famille (≥3 espèces visibles).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
27,0°C
Annual rain
1 178mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,44
Runoff
170mm/an
PET
2 104mm
AET
933mm
Mean slope
1,6°
Water table
132cm
Forest
2%
Crops
5%
Urban
1%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)