HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080882200
Bassin de 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 2 administrative regions : East Gonja, North East Gonja
Sub-basin area
354km²
Upstream area
354km²
Discharge
1,72m³/s
Mean elev.
114m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 324.2 km²92.0% of basin
- 28.4 km²8.0% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
24 distinct species · 39 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°
27,8°C
Annual rain
1 176mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,36
Runoff
156mm/an
PET
1 841mm
AET
994mm
Mean slope
0,5°
Water table
123cm
Forest
85%
Crops
21%
Urban
1%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)