HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080867690
Bassin de Kemsou
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 : Dodjé, Mayo Rey, Mayo-Dallah
Sub-basin area
1 387,6km²
Upstream area
1 387,6km²
Discharge
6,31m³/s
Mean elev.
450m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 910.0 km²65.9% of basin
- 447.9 km²32.4% of basin
- 24.0 km²1.7% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Bouba Ndjida
IUCN IINational Park
142.76 km² overlap
Sena Oura
IUCN IINational Park
75.99 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
62 distinct species · 195 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 107mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,42
Runoff
190mm/an
PET
1 923mm
AET
862mm
Mean slope
1,2°
Water table
143cm
Forest
23%
Crops
14%
Urban
0%
Protected
16%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)