HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080840070
Bassin de Gaji 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 4 administrative regions : Alkaleri, Kanam, Karim Lamido, Wase
Sub-basin area
1 064,1km²
Upstream area
9 956,4km²
Discharge
56,66m³/s
Mean elev.
336m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Yuli River1468 km²
- Bassin de Gaji River665 km²
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 569.9 km²53.8% of basin
- 258.8 km²24.4% of basin
- 216.5 km²20.4% of basin
- 14.5 km²1.4% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
200 distinct species · 1 152 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 13 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Bassin de Gaji River : 10 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 10 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 12.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 3 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
26,6°C
Annual rain
1 013mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,47
Runoff
188mm/an
PET
1 924mm
AET
832mm
Mean slope
1,6°
Water table
162cm
Forest
0%
Crops
46%
Urban
0%
Protected
28%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)