HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080790530
Bassin de White Volta
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 : Bawku West, East Mamprusi, Talensi, West Mamprusi
Sub-basin area
409,4km²
Upstream area
57 293,3km²
Discharge
118,57m³/s
Mean elev.
199m
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°
27,9°C
Annual rain
1 018mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,46
Runoff
156mm/an
PET
1 903mm
AET
840mm
Mean slope
2,1°
Water table
291cm
Forest
64%
Crops
17%
Urban
0%
Protected
52%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)