HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080835660
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 2 administrative regions : North Gonja, Tolon
Sub-basin area
595,2km²
Upstream area
99 767,5km²
Discharge
243,66m³/s
Mean elev.
194m
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°
27,8°C
Annual rain
1 053mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,43
Runoff
107mm/an
PET
1 848mm
AET
884mm
Mean slope
1,1°
Water table
180cm
Forest
56%
Crops
18%
Urban
0%
Protected
21%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)