HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080778260
Bassin du Niger
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
765,6km²
Upstream area
765,6km²
Discharge
8,14m³/s
Mean elev.
415m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 431.5 km²56.6% of basin
- 331.0 km²43.4% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Niger-Niandan-Milo
IUCN IVWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
592.47 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 distinct species · 3 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°
25,9°C
Annual rain
1 429mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,31
Runoff
338mm/an
PET
2 081mm
AET
1 026mm
Mean slope
2,2°
Water table
116cm
Forest
4%
Crops
0%
Urban
1%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)