HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080842500
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
597,1km²
Upstream area
100 971,9km²
Discharge
246,6m³/s
Mean elev.
166m
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°
27,9°C
Annual rain
1 053mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,43
Runoff
128mm/an
PET
1 848mm
AET
889mm
Mean slope
1,0°
Water table
164cm
Forest
69%
Crops
25%
Urban
0%
Protected
8%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)