HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080796660
Bassin de BLACK 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 across 2 countries : Jirapa, Lawra, Poni
Sub-basin area
686,3km²
Upstream area
102 213,7km²
Discharge
69,91m³/s
Mean elev.
274m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 273.5 km²40.0% of basin
- 242.9 km²35.5% of basin
- 167.1 km²24.5% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
264 distinct species · 642 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 23 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Bassin de BLACK VOLTA : 19 espèces reliées par 23 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 9.1%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 4 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
27,8°C
Annual rain
975mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,49
Runoff
110mm/an
PET
1 914mm
AET
823mm
Mean slope
1,1°
Water table
165cm
Forest
0%
Crops
18%
Urban
1%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)