HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080949970
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 2 administrative regions : Kwahu Afram Plains North, North Dayi
Sub-basin area
77,9km²
Upstream area
388 317,8km²
Discharge
1 382,98m³/s
Mean elev.
102m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Volta322 km²
- Bassin de Volta312 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 75.7 km²97.6% of basin
- 1.9 km²2.4% 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°
27,2°C
Annual rain
1 357mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,24
Runoff
261mm/an
PET
1 778mm
AET
1 154mm
Mean slope
1,9°
Water table
153cm
Forest
15%
Crops
58%
Urban
0%
Protected
18%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)