HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080887310
Bassin de Kpasa 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 5 administrative regions across 2 countries : Blitta, Mô, Nkwanta North, Nkwanta South, Sotouboua
Sub-basin area
2 177,8km²
Upstream area
2 178,3km²
Discharge
16,47m³/s
Mean elev.
324m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
5 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1122.7 km²51.8% of basin
- 437.3 km²20.2% of basin
- 257.1 km²11.9% of basin
- 229.9 km²10.6% of basin
- 121.7 km²5.6% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Fazao-Malfakassa
IUCN IINational Park
476.45 km² overlap
Kyabobo National Park
IUCN IINational Park
332.60 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
286 distinct species · 824 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 25 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Bassin de Kpasa River : 21 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 17 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 5.2%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 5 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
26,4°C
Annual rain
1 261mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,30
Runoff
234mm/an
PET
1 811mm
AET
1 015mm
Mean slope
4,2°
Water table
263cm
Forest
64%
Crops
59%
Urban
0%
Protected
31%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)