HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080754720
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
231,4km²
Upstream area
34 040,6km²
Discharge
48,22m³/s
Mean elev.
263m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Nakembé193 km²
- Bassin de Nakembé101 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 157.1 km²68.2% of basin
- 73.4 km²31.8% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Barrage de Bagre
IUCN IIIWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
52.69 km² overlap
Yakala
IUCN Not ReportedClassified Forest
17.99 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 2 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°
28,2°C
Annual rain
817mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,58
Runoff
112mm/an
PET
1 960mm
AET
690mm
Mean slope
1,0°
Water table
138cm
Forest
0%
Crops
20%
Urban
7%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)