HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080802880
Bassin · #1080802880
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 : Bunkpurugu Nakpanduri, Tandjouaré, Yunyoo-Nasuan
Sub-basin area
397,7km²
Upstream area
397,8km²
Discharge
2,8m³/s
Mean elev.
297m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 205.2 km²51.8% of basin
- 170.2 km²43.0% of basin
- 20.7 km²5.2% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Marago River
IUCN VIForest Reserve
16.27 km² overlap
Gambaga Scarp East
IUCN IIIForest Reserve
7.83 km² overlap
Doungh
IUCN Not ReportedFaunal Reserve
4.24 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
15 distinct species · 28 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°
27,1°C
Annual rain
1 057mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,44
Runoff
226mm/an
PET
1 902mm
AET
855mm
Mean slope
1,8°
Water table
199cm
Forest
0%
Crops
54%
Urban
1%
Protected
5%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)