HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080985490
Bassin de Cavally
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 3 administrative regions across 2 countries : Cavally, Konobo, Tchien
Sub-basin area
1 906,4km²
Upstream area
10 612,6km²
Discharge
289,73m³/s
Mean elev.
219m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Debé762 km²
- Bassin de Cavally176 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 897.3 km²47.3% of basin
- 772.7 km²40.7% of basin
- 228.2 km²12.0% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Reserve naturelle du Cavally
IUCN IVNatural Reserve
625.71 km² overlap
Classified Forest Name Unknown (CIV) No.58
IUCN Not ReportedClassified Forest
3.29 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
332 distinct species · 1 394 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 8 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 Cavally : 8 espèces reliées par 5 interactions GloBI sur 1 type (connectance 17.9%, filtre Serrano α=0.2).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
26,2°C
Annual rain
1 885mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,09
Runoff
930mm/an
PET
1 708mm
AET
1 350mm
Mean slope
1,8°
Water table
59cm
Forest
73%
Crops
4%
Urban
0%
Protected
37%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)