HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081005940
Bassin de Ankobra River
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 2 administrative regions : Prestea-Huni Valley, Tarkwa Nsuaem
Sub-basin area
630,6km²
Upstream area
4 886,2km²
Discharge
72,67m³/s
Mean elev.
94m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Ankobra River2907 km²
- Bassin de Ankobra River1348 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 592.1 km²94.3% of basin
- 35.7 km²5.7% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Bonsa River
IUCN IVForest Reserve
7.74 km² overlap
Ben West
IUCN VIForest Reserve
7.67 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
101 distinct species · 157 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 22 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 Ankobra River : 20 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 19 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 8.2%, 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°
26,2°C
Annual rain
1 698mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,13
Runoff
525mm/an
PET
1 485mm
AET
1 264mm
Mean slope
4,0°
Water table
200cm
Forest
10%
Crops
14%
Urban
8%
Protected
2%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)