HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080977040
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 7 administrative regions : Akwapem North, Asuogyaman, Lower Manya-Krobo, North Tongu, Okere +2
Sub-basin area
1 112km²
Upstream area
405 286,6km²
Discharge
1 190,43m³/s
Mean elev.
115m
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°
26,6°C
Annual rain
1 179mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,31
Runoff
163mm/an
PET
1 706mm
AET
999mm
Mean slope
4,4°
Water table
253cm
Forest
23%
Crops
37%
Urban
10%
Protected
4%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)