HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080832760
Bassin du Mouhoun / Mouhoun River
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 across 2 countries : Noumbiel, Sawla-Tuna-Kalba, Wa West
Sub-basin area
397,2km²
Upstream area
397,2km²
Discharge
2,27m³/s
Mean elev.
289m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 287.1 km²72.6% of basin
- 108.5 km²27.4% of basin
- 0.0 km²0.0% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
30 distinct species · 44 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 082mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,41
Runoff
180mm/an
PET
1 829mm
AET
909mm
Mean slope
1,3°
Water table
181cm
Forest
1%
Crops
2%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)