HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080858080
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 : Bole, Bounkani
Sub-basin area
193,9km²
Upstream area
121 499,3km²
Discharge
182,52m³/s
Mean elev.
242m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Kolodio1525 km²
- Bassin de Mouhoun River379 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 128.3 km²66.4% of basin
- 64.8 km²33.6% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 1 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 084mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,39
Runoff
185mm/an
PET
1 788mm
AET
917mm
Mean slope
1,1°
Water table
221cm
Forest
91%
Crops
10%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)