HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080946380
Bassin · #1080946380
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 : Asante-Akim North, Asante-Akim South, Kwahu Afram Plains South, Kwahu East
Sub-basin area
292,7km²
Upstream area
292,7km²
Discharge
2,59m³/s
Mean elev.
284m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 149.7 km²51.4% of basin
- 121.4 km²41.6% of basin
- 20.3 km²7.0% of basin
- 0.0 km²0.0% of basin
5 intersecting protected areas
Bandai Hills South
IUCN IVForest Reserve
70.16 km² overlap
North Fomangsu
IUCN VIForest Reserve
10.17 km² overlap
North Bandai Hills
IUCN IIIForest Reserve
8.87 km² overlap
Southern Scarp (Kwahu)
IUCN IVForest Reserve
8.01 km² overlap
Onyimsu
IUCN IVForest Reserve
6.53 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
30 distinct species · 91 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°
25,4°C
Annual rain
1 440mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,14
Runoff
281mm/an
PET
1 669mm
AET
1 203mm
Mean slope
3,8°
Water table
283cm
Forest
59%
Crops
57%
Urban
1%
Protected
29%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)