HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080872250
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 4 administrative regions : Central Gonja, Kintampo North, Kintampo South, Pru West
Sub-basin area
1 605,4km²
Upstream area
1 605,8km²
Discharge
7,91m³/s
Mean elev.
160m
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°
27,5°C
Annual rain
1 190mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,35
Runoff
156mm/an
PET
1 819mm
AET
1 007mm
Mean slope
0,7°
Water table
109cm
Forest
96%
Crops
43%
Urban
0%
Protected
4%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)