HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080758080
Bassin du Pendjari
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 : Tanguiéta, Tapoa
Sub-basin area
72,1km²
Upstream area
7 067,2km²
Discharge
35,6m³/s
Mean elev.
177m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Ruisseau826 km²
- Bassin de Ruisseau420 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 53.1 km²73.9% of basin
- 18.7 km²26.1% of basin
5 intersecting protected areas
W-Arly-Pendjari Complex
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
71.81 km² overlap
Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
55.87 km² overlap
Boucle de la Pendjari
IUCN IINational Park
52.16 km² overlap
Arly
IUCN IINational Park
15.94 km² overlap
Parc National d'Arly
IUCN IIWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
15.94 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
259 distinct species · 1 545 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 29 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 du Pendjari : 26 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) + 3 bulles famille, 33 interactions GloBI documentées sur 3 types (connectance 8.1%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). Les 3 bulles regroupent 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°
28,5°C
Annual rain
882mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,56
Runoff
112mm/an
PET
2 027mm
AET
745mm
Mean slope
0,2°
Water table
33cm
Forest
94%
Crops
23%
Urban
3%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)