HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080966590
Bassin de Youfo
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 : Bia West, Indénié-Djuablin
Sub-basin area
285,7km²
Upstream area
285,7km²
Discharge
3,48m³/s
Mean elev.
164m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 251.7 km²88.5% of basin
- 32.8 km²11.5% of basin
6 intersecting protected areas
Diambarakrou
IUCN Not ReportedClassified Forest
189.93 km² overlap
Bia Tawya
IUCN VIForest Reserve
12.20 km² overlap
Sukusuki
IUCN VIForest Reserve
12.18 km² overlap
Bia National Park
IUCN IINational Park
9.17 km² overlap
Bia Resource Reserve
IUCN VIResource Reserve
8.50 km² overlap
Bia National Park
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
5.52 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
11 distinct species · 11 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°
26,5°C
Annual rain
1 444mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,12
Runoff
380mm/an
PET
1 642mm
AET
1 203mm
Mean slope
2,4°
Water table
83cm
Forest
0%
Crops
13%
Urban
2%
Protected
78%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)