HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080784880
Bassin · #1080784880
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 5 administrative regions : Jirapa, Lambussie-Karni, Lawra, Nandom, Sissala West
Sub-basin area
1 323,5km²
Upstream area
1 323,5km²
Discharge
3,4m³/s
Mean elev.
294m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
5 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 579.7 km²44.0% of basin
- 349.4 km²26.5% of basin
- 213.4 km²16.2% of basin
- 95.8 km²7.3% of basin
- 79.9 km²6.1% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
42 distinct species · 137 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°
27,7°C
Annual rain
972mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,49
Runoff
81mm/an
PET
1 918mm
AET
821mm
Mean slope
0,9°
Water table
162cm
Forest
1%
Crops
12%
Urban
0%
Protected
3%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)