HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080888470
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 : North East Gonja, Pru East
Sub-basin area
19,6km²
Upstream area
273 672,3km²
Discharge
699,32m³/s
Mean elev.
75m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Volta881 km²
- Bassin de Volta320 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 14.1 km²72.4% of basin
- 5.4 km²27.6% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
0 distinct species · 0 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°
28,0°C
Annual rain
1 192mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,35
Runoff
156mm/an
PET
1 848mm
AET
1 004mm
Mean slope
0,1°
Water table
5cm
Forest
0%
Crops
14%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)