HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080968040
Bassin de Anambra
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 5 administrative regions : Anambra East, Anambra West, Ayamelum, Ibaji, Uzo-Uwani
Sub-basin area
1 648,4km²
Upstream area
9 688,5km²
Discharge
242,85m³/s
Mean elev.
31m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Anambra896 km²
- Bassin de Anambra6 km²
5 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 708.9 km²43.2% of basin
- 479.5 km²29.2% of basin
- 398.0 km²24.2% of basin
- 38.4 km²2.3% of basin
- 16.5 km²1.0% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Anambra
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
150.91 km² overlap
Oroma Anam
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
1.77 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
163 distinct species · 592 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 23 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Bassin de Anambra : 19 espèces reliées par 19 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 7.5%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 4 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
27,4°C
Annual rain
1 547mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,07
Runoff
1 010mm/an
PET
1 672mm
AET
1 101mm
Mean slope
0,3°
Water table
12cm
Forest
56%
Crops
78%
Urban
2%
Protected
9%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)