HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080926830
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 4 administrative regions : Biakoye, Krachi East, Sene East, Sene West
Sub-basin area
1 717,7km²
Upstream area
378 519,1km²
Discharge
1 312,83m³/s
Mean elev.
112m
Administrative coverage
Species present
Ecological tissue
Graphe en cours d’indexation
Calcul du tissu écologique de cette entité.
Le graphe apparaîtra automatiquement dès que le calcul est terminé (rafraîchissement toutes les 2s).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
27,3°C
Annual rain
1 342mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,26
Runoff
276mm/an
PET
1 810mm
AET
1 136mm
Mean slope
1,2°
Water table
90cm
Forest
72%
Crops
64%
Urban
0%
Protected
71%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)