HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080821410
Bassin · #1080821410
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 : North Gonja, Sawla-Tuna-Kalba, Wa East
Sub-basin area
1 071,3km²
Upstream area
1 071,3km²
Discharge
2,85m³/s
Mean elev.
271m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 738.7 km²69.2% of basin
- 322.3 km²30.2% of basin
- 5.8 km²0.5% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Mole
IUCN IINational Park
216.12 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
34 distinct species · 45 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°
27,4°C
Annual rain
1 048mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,43
Runoff
87mm/an
PET
1 831mm
AET
881mm
Mean slope
1,7°
Water table
273cm
Forest
77%
Crops
11%
Urban
0%
Protected
38%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)