HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080774400
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
490,3km²
Upstream area
20 949,8km²
Discharge
53,83m³/s
Mean elev.
219m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Singou326 km²
- Bassin du Pendjari78 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 459.6 km²94.1% of basin
- Kompienga28.8 km²5.9% of basin
5 intersecting protected areas
Pendjari
IUCN VIHunting Zone
406.64 km² overlap
Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
399.34 km² overlap
Parc National d'Arly
IUCN IIWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
34.72 km² overlap
Pama
IUCN IVClassified Forest and Partial Wildlife Reserve
34.72 km² overlap
Konkonbouri
IUCN Not ReportedClassified Forest and Partial Wildlife Reserve
0.00 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
945 distinct species · 4 213 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 27 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 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) + 1 bulle famille, 26 interactions GloBI documentées sur 3 types (connectance 7.4%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). Les 1 bulle regroupe 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°
28,2°C
Annual rain
956mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,52
Runoff
175mm/an
PET
1 999mm
AET
801mm
Mean slope
1,0°
Water table
106cm
Forest
60%
Crops
10%
Urban
0%
Protected
89%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)