HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080768930
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 : Kompienga, Tanguiéta
Sub-basin area
832,3km²
Upstream area
15 771,5km²
Discharge
43,52m³/s
Mean elev.
181m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin du Pendjari1005 km²
- Bassin du Pendjari803 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 418.1 km²50.4% of basin
- Kompienga410.9 km²49.6% of basin
6 intersecting protected areas
W-Arly-Pendjari Complex
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
569.42 km² overlap
Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
425.00 km² overlap
Boucle de la Pendjari
IUCN IINational Park
413.64 km² overlap
Parc National d'Arly
IUCN IIWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
404.03 km² overlap
Arly
IUCN IINational Park
134.81 km² overlap
Konkonbouri
IUCN Not ReportedClassified Forest and Partial Wildlife Reserve
120.19 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
458 distinct species · 1 799 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 34 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 : 32 espèces dont 4 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) + 2 bulles famille, 34 interactions GloBI documentées sur 2 types (connectance 6.1%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). Les 2 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
892mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,56
Runoff
116mm/an
PET
2 019mm
AET
753mm
Mean slope
0,6°
Water table
96cm
Forest
41%
Crops
14%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)