HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080815480
Bassin de Dion
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, Kérouané
Sub-basin area
950,3km²
Upstream area
6 066,7km²
Discharge
101,22m³/s
Mean elev.
482m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Dion1018 km²
- Bassin de Béni741 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 477.7 km²50.5% of basin
- 468.8 km²49.5% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Sankarani-Fié
IUCN IVWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
870.09 km² overlap
Kankan-Foloningbè
IUCN IVWildlife Reserve
320.09 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
5 distinct species · 7 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°
25,5°C
Annual rain
1 654mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,20
Runoff
492mm/an
PET
2 065mm
AET
1 171mm
Mean slope
2,8°
Water table
186cm
Forest
98%
Crops
10%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)