HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080808340
Bassin de Dion
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 : Kankan, Mandiana
Sub-basin area
287,2km²
Upstream area
8 329,8km²
Discharge
134,12m³/s
Mean elev.
413m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Dion1039 km²
- Bassin de Dion376 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 213.5 km²74.6% of basin
- 72.5 km²25.4% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Sankarani-Fié
IUCN IVWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
194.11 km² overlap
Kankan-Foloningbè
IUCN IVWildlife Reserve
52.80 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
6 distinct species · 12 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°
26,0°C
Annual rain
1 511mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,28
Runoff
422mm/an
PET
2 101mm
AET
1 092mm
Mean slope
1,8°
Water table
130cm
Forest
42%
Crops
5%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)