HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080882000
Bassin de R. Meli
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 across 2 countries : Guéckédou, Kono
Sub-basin area
635,6km²
Upstream area
2 766km²
Discharge
119,67m³/s
Mean elev.
373m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Malo857 km²
- Bassin de Meli122 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 341.8 km²54.0% of basin
- 291.1 km²46.0% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
15 distinct species · 66 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°
25,6°C
Annual rain
2 481mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,21
Runoff
1 492mm/an
PET
1 969mm
AET
1 459mm
Mean slope
4,5°
Water table
169cm
Forest
33%
Crops
8%
Urban
3%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)