HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080842770
Bassin de Mayo Kébbi
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 : Bénoué, Mayo Louti
Sub-basin area
359,1km²
Upstream area
26 581,2km²
Discharge
114,14m³/s
Mean elev.
260m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #10808333701226 km²
- Bassin de Mayo Kébbi55 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 293.1 km²82.0% of basin
- 64.5 km²18.0% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
30 distinct species · 35 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°
27,7°C
Annual rain
903mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,54
Runoff
165mm/an
PET
1 971mm
AET
763mm
Mean slope
1,7°
Water table
178cm
Forest
0%
Crops
38%
Urban
5%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)