HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080854030
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 3 administrative regions across 2 countries : Bole, Bounkani, Sawla-Tuna-Kalba
Sub-basin area
378,5km²
Upstream area
119 780,6km²
Discharge
171,56m³/s
Mean elev.
250m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Gbalon1492 km²
- Bassin de Mouhoun River236 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 173.1 km²45.9% of basin
- 121.4 km²32.2% of basin
- 82.5 km²21.9% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 distinct species · 7 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°
26,7°C
Annual rain
1 083mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,40
Runoff
177mm/an
PET
1 792mm
AET
915mm
Mean slope
1,1°
Water table
188cm
Forest
83%
Crops
12%
Urban
5%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)