HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080804950
Bassin · #1080804950
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 2 administrative regions across 2 countries : Birao, Id El Ghanem
Sub-basin area
848,3km²
Upstream area
8 948,8km²
Discharge
10,49m³/s
Mean elev.
493m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #1080800800363 km²
- Bassin · #1080800310198 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 434.1 km²51.4% of basin
- 410.8 km²48.6% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 2 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°
26,4°C
Annual rain
739mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,67
Runoff
52mm/an
PET
2 209mm
AET
623mm
Mean slope
0,1°
Water table
27cm
Forest
0%
Crops
2%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)