HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080760780
Bassin de Farakoba
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 : Kouroussa, Siguiri
Sub-basin area
1 800,6km²
Upstream area
1 801km²
Discharge
18,33m³/s
Mean elev.
414m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1041.2 km²58.1% of basin
- 752.3 km²41.9% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Tinkisso
IUCN IVWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
128.09 km² overlap
Niger-Niandan-Milo
IUCN IVWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
0.05 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
5 distinct species · 20 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°
26,1°C
Annual rain
1 375mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,34
Runoff
314mm/an
PET
2 097mm
AET
1 004mm
Mean slope
2,4°
Water table
126cm
Forest
9%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)