HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080866660
Bassin de Benue 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 : Ardo-Kola, Karim Lamido
Sub-basin area
862km²
Upstream area
180 561,6km²
Discharge
829,56m³/s
Mean elev.
153m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Kogin Karim2117 km²
- Bassin de Soyi1043 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 710.3 km²82.7% of basin
- 148.2 km²17.3% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
98 distinct species · 148 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 19 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Bassin de Benue River : 16 espèces reliées par 15 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 8.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 3 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
27,5°C
Annual rain
1 029mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,47
Runoff
157mm/an
PET
1 939mm
AET
854mm
Mean slope
1,1°
Water table
110cm
Forest
21%
Crops
16%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)