HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080772480
Bassin · #1080772480
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 4 administrative regions : Birnin Gwari, Dandume, Faskari, Sabuwa
Sub-basin area
536,5km²
Upstream area
536,5km²
Discharge
3,69m³/s
Mean elev.
679m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 267.6 km²50.1% of basin
- 174.5 km²32.7% of basin
- 85.6 km²16.0% of basin
- 6.7 km²1.3% of basin
5 intersecting protected areas
Rafin Iwa
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
19.47 km² overlap
Birnin Gwari
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
7.69 km² overlap
Duya
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
3.70 km² overlap
Kogo
IUCN Not ReportedNational Park
1.38 km² overlap
Dogan Dawa
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
0.92 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 distinct species · 28 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°
24,9°C
Annual rain
1 082mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,42
Runoff
219mm/an
PET
1 853mm
AET
828mm
Mean slope
1,0°
Water table
124cm
Forest
0%
Crops
16%
Urban
7%
Protected
6%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)