HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080904190
Bassin de Benué
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 : Bassa, Toto
Sub-basin area
8km²
Upstream area
337 536,1km²
Discharge
2 817,12m³/s
Mean elev.
53m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Benué1408 km²
- Bassin de Benué917 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 6.1 km²76.8% of basin
- 1.9 km²23.2% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
0 distinct species · 0 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°
27,4°C
Annual rain
1 206mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,33
Runoff
390mm/an
PET
1 788mm
AET
979mm
Mean slope
1,3°
Water table
82cm
Forest
26%
Crops
62%
Urban
30%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)