HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080808350
Bassin de Sankarani
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
1 110,8km²
Upstream area
11 396,2km²
Discharge
161,54m³/s
Mean elev.
436m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de koulaï2212 km²
- Bassin de Sankarani1775 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 803.1 km²72.6% of basin
- 303.2 km²27.4% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Sankarani-Fié
IUCN IVWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
1106.24 km² overlap
Kankan-Foloningbè
IUCN IVWildlife Reserve
802.79 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
6 distinct species · 10 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°
25,9°C
Annual rain
1 524mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,25
Runoff
444mm/an
PET
2 043mm
AET
1 093mm
Mean slope
1,9°
Water table
141cm
Forest
91%
Crops
13%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)