HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080796200
Bassin de Mekrou
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 : Kouandé, Kérou, Natitingou, Toucountouna
Sub-basin area
552,2km²
Upstream area
552,2km²
Discharge
3,79m³/s
Mean elev.
438m
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°
26,5°C
Annual rain
1 114mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,42
Runoff
256mm/an
PET
1 918mm
AET
872mm
Mean slope
2,1°
Water table
196cm
Forest
26%
Crops
3%
Urban
1%
Protected
8%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)