HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080946810
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 2 administrative regions across 2 countries : Menchum, Ussa
Sub-basin area
1 009,8km²
Upstream area
4 528,6km²
Discharge
139,93m³/s
Mean elev.
542m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Katsina Ala661 km²
- Bassin de Katsina Ala397 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 636.3 km²63.3% of basin
- 369.3 km²36.7% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Kimbi-Fungom
IUCN IINational Park
457.23 km² overlap
Kashimbila
IUCN IVGame Reserve
344.56 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
18 distinct species · 22 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°
25,2°C
Annual rain
1 770mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,03
Runoff
932mm/an
PET
1 712mm
AET
1 118mm
Mean slope
12,1°
Water table
487cm
Forest
50%
Crops
34%
Urban
0%
Protected
56%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)