HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080974030
Bassin du Niger
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 7 administrative regions : Anambra East, Anambra West, Aniocha North, Aniocha South, Ibaji +2
Sub-basin area
643,3km²
Upstream area
2 081 150,9km²
Discharge
6 057,39m³/s
Mean elev.
78m
Administrative coverage
Species present
Ecological tissue
Graphe en cours d’indexation
Calcul du tissu écologique de cette entité.
Le graphe apparaîtra automatiquement dès que le calcul est terminé (rafraîchissement toutes les 2s).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
26,9°C
Annual rain
1 707mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,04
Runoff
1 182mm/an
PET
1 637mm
AET
1 125mm
Mean slope
1,2°
Water table
68cm
Forest
24%
Crops
86%
Urban
30%
Protected
6%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)