HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080933930
Bassin du Niger
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 3 administrative regions : Etsako East, Igalamela-Odolu, Ofu
Sub-basin area
21,4km²
Upstream area
2 074 423,1km²
Discharge
5 838,48m³/s
Mean elev.
52m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de ubo1296 km²
- Bassin du Niger339 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 10.6 km²49.7% of basin
- 6.9 km²32.5% of basin
- Igalamela-OdoluKogi · Nigeria3.8 km²17.8% 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°
27,3°C
Annual rain
1 292mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,25
Runoff
700mm/an
PET
1 719mm
AET
1 031mm
Mean slope
1,3°
Water table
102cm
Forest
51%
Crops
82%
Urban
17%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)