HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080794530
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 3 administrative regions : Nabdam, Talensi, West Mamprusi
Sub-basin area
497,6km²
Upstream area
58 007,4km²
Discharge
117,86m³/s
Mean elev.
173m
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°
28,2°C
Annual rain
1 001mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,48
Runoff
147mm/an
PET
1 911mm
AET
831mm
Mean slope
1,5°
Water table
199cm
Forest
44%
Crops
20%
Urban
2%
Protected
13%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)