HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080834370
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
43,9km²
Upstream area
114 908,6km²
Discharge
141,06m³/s
Mean elev.
244m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 24.3 km²55.6% of basin
- 19.4 km²44.4% of basin
- 0.0 km²0.0% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Koulbi
IUCN Not ReportedClassified Forest
18.93 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
0 distinct species · 0 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°
27,6°C
Annual rain
1 090mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,41
Runoff
198mm/an
PET
1 843mm
AET
917mm
Mean slope
0,9°
Water table
149cm
Forest
80%
Crops
2%
Urban
0%
Protected
30%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)