HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080813740
Bassin de Gongola
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 5 administrative regions : Balanga, Bayo, Kwaya Kusar, Shani, Yamaltu/Deba
Sub-basin area
229km²
Upstream area
36 051,5km²
Discharge
164,8m³/s
Mean elev.
264m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Ndivana1867 km²
- Bassin de Gongola428 km²
5 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 94.0 km²41.2% of basin
- Yamaltu/DebaGombe · Nigeria81.2 km²35.6% of basin
- 24.8 km²10.9% of basin
- 21.1 km²9.3% of basin
- 6.9 km²3.0% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 distinct species · 4 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°
26,6°C
Annual rain
870mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,56
Runoff
135mm/an
PET
1 971mm
AET
735mm
Mean slope
2,8°
Water table
248cm
Forest
0%
Crops
32%
Urban
1%
Protected
53%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)