HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080823780
Bassin du Niger
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 across 2 countries : Faranah, Koinadugu
Sub-basin area
1 305,1km²
Upstream area
1 305,1km²
Discharge
34,51m³/s
Mean elev.
544m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1299.1 km²99.9% of basin
- 0.7 km²0.1% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Niger Source
IUCN IVClassified Forest
908.40 km² overlap
Sankan Biriwa (Tingi Hills)
IUCN IINo or Non - Hunting Forest Reserve
0.48 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
288 distinct species · 508 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Graphe en cours d’indexation
Calcul du tissu écologique de cette entité.
Le graphe apparaîtra automatiquement dès que le calcul est terminé (rafraîchissement toutes les 2s).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
24,8°C
Annual rain
1 871mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,10
Runoff
825mm/an
PET
2 077mm
AET
1 261mm
Mean slope
3,8°
Water table
179cm
Forest
45%
Crops
15%
Urban
1%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)