HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080970770
Bassin · #1080970770
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 : Atiwa East, Atiwa West, Birim North, Kwaebibirem, Kwahu West
Sub-basin area
285,5km²
Upstream area
285,7km²
Discharge
2,88m³/s
Mean elev.
204m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
5 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 192.5 km²67.7% of basin
- 79.5 km²28.0% of basin
- 5.3 km²1.9% of basin
- 5.0 km²1.8% of basin
- 1.9 km²0.7% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
Esukawkaw
IUCN IIIForest Reserve
107.44 km² overlap
Kade Bepo
IUCN VIForest Reserve
1.76 km² overlap
Jade Bepo Extension
IUCN VIForest Reserve
0.42 km² overlap
Jade Bepo
IUCN VIForest Reserve
0.03 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
25 distinct species · 34 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°
25,7°C
Annual rain
1 630mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,01
Runoff
313mm/an
PET
1 653mm
AET
1 316mm
Mean slope
2,6°
Water table
104cm
Forest
37%
Crops
8%
Urban
0%
Protected
35%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)