HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080846650
Bassin de Benue 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 1 administrative regions : Karim Lamido
Sub-basin area
305,2km²
Upstream area
172 232,5km²
Discharge
843,86m³/s
Mean elev.
157m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Benue River1656 km²
- Bassin de River Bolleri1408 km²
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 304.0 km²100.0% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
73 distinct species · 111 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 Benue River : 10 espèces reliées par 11 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 14.1%, 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°
27,5°C
Annual rain
958mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,51
Runoff
142mm/an
PET
1 969mm
AET
808mm
Mean slope
1,1°
Water table
79cm
Forest
0%
Crops
40%
Urban
8%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)