HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080860590
Bassin de Vakaga
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 : Ndélé, Ouadda, Ouanda Djallé
Sub-basin area
1 284km²
Upstream area
1 284km²
Discharge
2,2m³/s
Mean elev.
631m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 734.8 km²57.5% of basin
- 505.0 km²39.5% of basin
- 38.8 km²3.0% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Manovo-Gounda St Floris National Park
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
651.72 km² overlap
Ouandjia-Vakaga
IUCN IVFaunal Reserve
571.82 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
32 distinct species · 35 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°
25,6°C
Annual rain
1 094mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,46
Runoff
69mm/an
PET
2 026mm
AET
907mm
Mean slope
2,0°
Water table
178cm
Forest
75%
Crops
4%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)