HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080889070
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 1 administrative regions : North East Gonja
Sub-basin area
7,5km²
Upstream area
274 092,9km²
Discharge
699,43m³/s
Mean elev.
76m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #1080888650413 km²
- Bassin de Volta20 km²
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 7.5 km²100.0% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
42 distinct species · 58 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 195mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,35
Runoff
157mm/an
PET
1 845mm
AET
1 004mm
Mean slope
0,1°
Water table
6cm
Forest
6%
Crops
12%
Urban
7%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)