HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080755270
Bassin de Sokoto
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 : Bagudo, Koko/Besse, Suru
Sub-basin area
159,5km²
Upstream area
181 919,7km²
Discharge
291,74m³/s
Mean elev.
180m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Ka4590 km²
- Bassin de Sokoto372 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 93.8 km²59.0% of basin
- 32.6 km²20.5% of basin
- 32.5 km²20.5% of basin
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°
28,0°C
Annual rain
912mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,54
Runoff
160mm/an
PET
1 972mm
AET
770mm
Mean slope
0,6°
Water table
101cm
Forest
0%
Crops
30%
Urban
15%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)