HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080798930
Bassin du Mouhoun / Mouhoun River
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 across 2 countries : Jirapa, Lawra, Nadowli-Kaleo, Poni
Sub-basin area
191,3km²
Upstream area
102 969,6km²
Discharge
73,64m³/s
Mean elev.
267m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de BLACK VOLTA686 km²
- Bassin du Mouhoun / Mouhoun River565 km²
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 125.2 km²65.7% of basin
- 42.1 km²22.1% of basin
- 22.9 km²12.0% of basin
- 0.3 km²0.2% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
116 distinct species · 221 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Not enough documented interactions to build a meaningful graph for this territory.
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
27,8°C
Annual rain
934mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,51
Runoff
135mm/an
PET
1 908mm
AET
789mm
Mean slope
0,9°
Water table
156cm
Forest
0%
Crops
13%
Urban
1%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)