HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080812730
Bassin de koulaï
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 3 administrative regions : Beyla, Kankan, Mandiana
Sub-basin area
2 211,6km²
Upstream area
2 212km²
Discharge
33,24m³/s
Mean elev.
513m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1292.2 km²58.7% of basin
- 908.6 km²41.3% of basin
- 1.8 km²0.1% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Sankarani-Fié
IUCN IVWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
1690.08 km² overlap
Kankan-Foloningbè
IUCN IVWildlife Reserve
1686.86 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
18 distinct species · 30 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°
25,4°C
Annual rain
1 588mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,18
Runoff
472mm/an
PET
1 951mm
AET
1 125mm
Mean slope
2,5°
Water table
158cm
Forest
92%
Crops
16%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)