HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080938580
Bassin de Katsina Ala
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 : Katsina-Ala, Kwande, Ushongo
Sub-basin area
103,5km²
Upstream area
14 626,6km²
Discharge
475,52m³/s
Mean elev.
175m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de River Zambuka2743 km²
- Bassin de Katsina Ala1101 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 76.9 km²74.6% of basin
- 13.2 km²12.8% of basin
- 13.0 km²12.6% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 1 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°
26,8°C
Annual rain
1 598mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,09
Runoff
719mm/an
PET
1 761mm
AET
1 103mm
Mean slope
1,8°
Water table
100cm
Forest
89%
Crops
57%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)