HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080796530
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 3 administrative regions : Djougou Rural, Kouandé, Péhunco
Sub-basin area
1 275,8km²
Upstream area
1 275,8km²
Discharge
8,02m³/s
Mean elev.
405m
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 116mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,42
Runoff
246mm/an
PET
1 921mm
AET
874mm
Mean slope
1,3°
Water table
146cm
Forest
36%
Crops
5%
Urban
1%
Protected
13%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)