HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080902230
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 : Krachi West, Sene East
Sub-basin area
34,3km²
Upstream area
294 794,6km²
Discharge
793,09m³/s
Mean elev.
80m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Volta354 km²
- Bassin de Deben203 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 21.7 km²63.5% of basin
- 12.5 km²36.5% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 distinct species · 3 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°
27,8°C
Annual rain
1 269mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,31
Runoff
215mm/an
PET
1 840mm
AET
1 053mm
Mean slope
0,4°
Water table
40cm
Forest
10%
Crops
34%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)