HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080863840
Bassin du Faro
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 4 administrative regions across 2 countries : Bénoué, Faro, Fufore, Jada
Sub-basin area
2 082,8km²
Upstream area
25 597,2km²
Discharge
296,26m³/s
Mean elev.
427m
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°
26,0°C
Annual rain
1 292mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,32
Runoff
260mm/an
PET
1 892mm
AET
946mm
Mean slope
6,0°
Water table
281cm
Forest
35%
Crops
19%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)