HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080894490
Bassin de Black 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 4 administrative regions across 2 countries : Banda, Bole, Gontougo, Kintampo South
Sub-basin area
1 973,6km²
Upstream area
131 705,5km²
Discharge
261,73m³/s
Mean elev.
212m
Administrative coverage
Species present
Ecological tissue
Graphe en cours d’indexation
Calcul du tissu écologique de cette entité.
Le graphe apparaîtra automatiquement dès que le calcul est terminé (rafraîchissement toutes les 2s).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
26,9°C
Annual rain
1 132mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,35
Runoff
204mm/an
PET
1 753mm
AET
958mm
Mean slope
2,2°
Water table
244cm
Forest
92%
Crops
29%
Urban
0%
Protected
56%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)