HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080899030
Bassin de Benue
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 : Awe, Ibi, Shendam, Wukari
Sub-basin area
777km²
Upstream area
262 463,9km²
Discharge
1 620,17m³/s
Mean elev.
125m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #10808973101498 km²
- Bassin de Benue476 km²
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 456.9 km²59.0% of basin
- 107.9 km²13.9% of basin
- 106.0 km²13.7% of basin
- 103.0 km²13.3% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
44 distinct species · 88 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 4 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 Benue : 3 espèces reliées par 3 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 50.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 1 bulle taxonomique (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°
27,3°C
Annual rain
1 136mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,38
Runoff
285mm/an
PET
1 836mm
AET
926mm
Mean slope
0,6°
Water table
78cm
Forest
0%
Crops
25%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)