HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080836840
Bassin · #1080836840
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 : Lavun, Mashegu
Sub-basin area
691,7km²
Upstream area
691,7km²
Discharge
5,41m³/s
Mean elev.
200m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 452.4 km²65.7% of basin
- 236.5 km²34.3% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
Dagida
IUCN IVGame Reserve
79.12 km² overlap
Dagidda
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
46.29 km² overlap
Zugurma
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
28.17 km² overlap
Kainji Lake
IUCN IINational Park
4.24 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 distinct species · 7 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 163mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,38
Runoff
247mm/an
PET
1 891mm
AET
903mm
Mean slope
1,0°
Water table
104cm
Forest
27%
Crops
18%
Urban
0%
Protected
20%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)