HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080849880
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 6 administrative regions across 2 countries : Faro, Fufore, Gombi, Jada, Yola North +1
Sub-basin area
1 538,3km²
Upstream area
1 538,5km²
Discharge
9,76m³/s
Mean elev.
338m
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°
26,9°C
Annual rain
1 087mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,44
Runoff
207mm/an
PET
1 929mm
AET
868mm
Mean slope
4,1°
Water table
209cm
Forest
2%
Crops
18%
Urban
1%
Protected
12%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)