HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080783230
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 : Kankan, Kouroussa
Sub-basin area
625,8km²
Upstream area
31 410km²
Discharge
414,14m³/s
Mean elev.
399m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de maninkö411 km²
- Bassin de Niandan8 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 349.6 km²56.1% of basin
- 273.7 km²43.9% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Niger-Niandan-Milo
IUCN IVWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
623.24 km² overlap
Baro
IUCN Not ReportedClassified Forest
78.61 km² overlap
Lefarani
IUCN Not ReportedClassified Forest
18.89 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
31 distinct species · 45 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 11 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 Niger : 11 espèces reliées par 8 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 14.5%, filtre Serrano α=0.2).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
25,9°C
Annual rain
1 490mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,29
Runoff
370mm/an
PET
2 097mm
AET
1 063mm
Mean slope
1,9°
Water table
115cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
1%
Protected
16%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)