HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080765170
Bassin de Bafing
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 : Mamou, Tougué
Sub-basin area
238,4km²
Upstream area
8 815,6km²
Discharge
116,23m³/s
Mean elev.
646m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Tene258 km²
- Bassin de Bafing7 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 122.1 km²51.4% of basin
- 115.4 km²48.6% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Moyen-Bafing National Park
IUCN Not ReportedNational Park
237.48 km² overlap
Darou-salam
IUCN Not ReportedClassified Forest
83.75 km² overlap
Bani
IUCN Not ReportedClassified Forest
70.51 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
7 distinct species · 10 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°
24,7°C
Annual rain
1 492mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,20
Runoff
362mm/an
PET
1 857mm
AET
989mm
Mean slope
6,5°
Water table
370cm
Forest
95%
Crops
9%
Urban
0%
Protected
65%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)