HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080829990
Bassin de White Volta
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 : Gushegu, Karaga, Mion, Nanton, Savelugu
Sub-basin area
2 899km²
Upstream area
2 899km²
Discharge
11,67m³/s
Mean elev.
153m
Administrative coverage
Species present
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°
27,9°C
Annual rain
1 086mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,42
Runoff
158mm/an
PET
1 868mm
AET
892mm
Mean slope
0,6°
Water table
100cm
Forest
22%
Crops
15%
Urban
1%
Protected
2%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)