HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080842990
Bassin de Benue
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 3 administrative regions across 2 countries : Bénoué, Fufore, Song
Sub-basin area
631,1km²
Upstream area
97 222,5km²
Discharge
632,8m³/s
Mean elev.
251m
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°
27,5°C
Annual rain
962mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,51
Runoff
170mm/an
PET
1 971mm
AET
810mm
Mean slope
1,5°
Water table
121cm
Forest
0%
Crops
21%
Urban
4%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)