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
Not enough documented interactions to build a meaningful graph for this territory.
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)