HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080812300
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 4 administrative regions across 2 countries : Folon, Kabadougou, Kankan, Mandiana
Sub-basin area
1 775km²
Upstream area
8 073,7km²
Discharge
112,67m³/s
Mean elev.
426m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Kourou Kellé2650 km²
- Bassin de Gbanhala208 km²
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 763.5 km²43.2% of basin
- 517.1 km²29.3% of basin
- 429.7 km²24.3% of basin
- 57.4 km²3.2% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Sankarani-Fié
IUCN IVWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
1206.58 km² overlap
Kankan-Foloningbè
IUCN IVWildlife Reserve
430.31 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 distinct species · 21 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°
26,1°C
Annual rain
1 457mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,27
Runoff
416mm/an
PET
2 002mm
AET
1 044mm
Mean slope
1,8°
Water table
118cm
Forest
91%
Crops
17%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)