HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080890120
Bassin de 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 3 administrative regions across 2 countries : Guéckédou, Kailahun, Kono
Sub-basin area
212,6km²
Upstream area
3 692,4km²
Discharge
165,23m³/s
Mean elev.
339m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de R. ouamandou384 km²
- Bassin de Meli25 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 137.0 km²64.7% of basin
- 39.3 km²18.5% of basin
- 35.5 km²16.7% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Gori Hills
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
33.46 km² overlap
Mt. Kouya
IUCN Not ReportedClassified Forest
0.51 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 distinct species · 5 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°
25,4°C
Annual rain
2 611mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,29
Runoff
1 547mm/an
PET
1 852mm
AET
1 433mm
Mean slope
5,6°
Water table
195cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)