HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080844850
Bassin du Faro
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, Faro, Fufore
Sub-basin area
1 083km²
Upstream area
27 600km²
Discharge
296,49m³/s
Mean elev.
239m
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°
27,4°C
Annual rain
1 077mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,45
Runoff
217mm/an
PET
1 953mm
AET
865mm
Mean slope
1,8°
Water table
155cm
Forest
1%
Crops
21%
Urban
3%
Protected
3%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)