HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080847620
Bassin de Mouhoun 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 2 administrative regions across 2 countries : Bounkani, Sawla-Tuna-Kalba
Sub-basin area
235,5km²
Upstream area
117 910km²
Discharge
161,78m³/s
Mean elev.
268m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Koulda1488 km²
- Bassin de Mouhoun River642 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 203.3 km²86.7% of basin
- 31.2 km²13.3% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
7 distinct species · 25 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°
26,8°C
Annual rain
1 093mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,39
Runoff
188mm/an
PET
1 798mm
AET
924mm
Mean slope
1,2°
Water table
233cm
Forest
65%
Crops
2%
Urban
2%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)