HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080869270
Bassin de Black Volta
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 : Central Gonja, Kintampo North, West Gonja
Sub-basin area
622,7km²
Upstream area
147 106,7km²
Discharge
375,67m³/s
Mean elev.
128m
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°
27,8°C
Annual rain
1 109mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,40
Runoff
161mm/an
PET
1 837mm
AET
938mm
Mean slope
0,6°
Water table
128cm
Forest
61%
Crops
12%
Urban
2%
Protected
6%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)