HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081003690
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 4 administrative regions across 2 countries : Cavally, Konobo, San-Pédro, Webbo
Sub-basin area
1 266,5km²
Upstream area
13 141,3km²
Discharge
353,53m³/s
Mean elev.
162m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Cavally1906 km²
- Bassin de N'Cé1262 km²
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 504.0 km²40.0% of basin
- 352.3 km²27.9% of basin
- 275.6 km²21.9% of basin
- 129.1 km²10.2% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
National Park-Partial Fauna Reserve Complex
278.24 km² overlap
Parc national de Taï
IUCN IINational Park
278.24 km² overlap
Taï National Park
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
130.08 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 889 distinct species · 28 963 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 17 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 : 15 espèces reliées par 15 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 11.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 2 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°
26,0°C
Annual rain
1 899mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,15
Runoff
876mm/an
PET
1 613mm
AET
1 343mm
Mean slope
1,7°
Water table
57cm
Forest
61%
Crops
7%
Urban
1%
Protected
20%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)