HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080907960
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
152,6km²
Upstream area
295 131,7km²
Discharge
795,42m³/s
Mean elev.
86m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #1080902570185 km²
- Bassin de Volta34 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 84.4 km²55.5% of basin
- 67.6 km²44.5% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
5 distinct species · 6 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°
27,7°C
Annual rain
1 281mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,30
Runoff
225mm/an
PET
1 836mm
AET
1 063mm
Mean slope
0,6°
Water table
68cm
Forest
27%
Crops
35%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)