HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080868060
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 3 administrative regions across 2 countries : Bole, Bounkani, Gontougo
Sub-basin area
673km²
Upstream area
124 818,2km²
Discharge
211,68m³/s
Mean elev.
251m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Mouhoun River418 km²
- Bassin de Mouhoun River118 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 375.7 km²56.1% of basin
- 292.8 km²43.7% of basin
- 1.7 km²0.2% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
8 distinct species · 16 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°
26,5°C
Annual rain
1 083mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,39
Runoff
170mm/an
PET
1 773mm
AET
917mm
Mean slope
1,3°
Water table
196cm
Forest
94%
Crops
15%
Urban
1%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)