HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080810070
Bassin de Wessa
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 : Borgu, Kaiama
Sub-basin area
1 334,1km²
Upstream area
1 334,1km²
Discharge
9,01m³/s
Mean elev.
243m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1285.3 km²96.7% of basin
- 43.4 km²3.3% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Borgu
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
1025.97 km² overlap
Kainji Lake
IUCN IINational Park
948.03 km² overlap
Doro
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
72.99 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
168 distinct species · 327 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 23 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Bassin de Wessa : 20 espèces reliées par 20 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 7.2%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 4 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
26,9°C
Annual rain
1 092mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,43
Runoff
213mm/an
PET
1 910mm
AET
866mm
Mean slope
1,0°
Water table
92cm
Forest
77%
Crops
12%
Urban
0%
Protected
84%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)