HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080904200
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 2 administrative regions : Doma, Guma
Sub-basin area
1 136,7km²
Upstream area
1 136,8km²
Discharge
14,62m³/s
Mean elev.
139m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 821.2 km²72.5% of basin
- 310.7 km²27.5% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Doma
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
432.42 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
77 distinct species · 204 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 12 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 : 9 espèces reliées par 11 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 16.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 3 bulles taxonomiques (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°
27,2°C
Annual rain
1 309mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,27
Runoff
412mm/an
PET
1 796mm
AET
1 002mm
Mean slope
1,5°
Water table
103cm
Forest
22%
Crops
33%
Urban
2%
Protected
38%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)