HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080779020
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 4 administrative regions across 3 countries : Kompienga, Kpendjal, Matéri, Tanguiéta
Sub-basin area
907,7km²
Upstream area
23 866,2km²
Discharge
63,02m³/s
Mean elev.
169m
Administrative coverage
Species present
Ecological tissue
Graphe en cours d’indexation
Calcul du tissu écologique de cette entité.
Le graphe apparaîtra automatiquement dès que le calcul est terminé (rafraîchissement toutes les 2s).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
28,5°C
Annual rain
926mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,54
Runoff
147mm/an
PET
2 013mm
AET
782mm
Mean slope
0,5°
Water table
79cm
Forest
29%
Crops
16%
Urban
1%
Protected
39%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)