HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080788800
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 : Faranah, Kouroussa
Sub-basin area
1 727,4km²
Upstream area
17 420,5km²
Discharge
191,38m³/s
Mean elev.
410m
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°
25,9°C
Annual rain
1 478mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,29
Runoff
372mm/an
PET
2 077mm
AET
1 056mm
Mean slope
2,1°
Water table
117cm
Forest
36%
Crops
5%
Urban
1%
Protected
9%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)