HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081012770
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 3 administrative regions : Ellembelle, Jomoro, Nzema East
Sub-basin area
465,8km²
Upstream area
466km²
Discharge
10,55m³/s
Mean elev.
86m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 330.7 km²71.3% of basin
- 124.7 km²26.9% of basin
- 8.5 km²1.8% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
Draw River
IUCN IIIForest Reserve
124.99 km² overlap
Ebi Shelterbelt River
IUCN IIIForest Reserve
11.56 km² overlap
Ankasa
IUCN VIResource Reserve
5.08 km² overlap
Nini-Suhien
IUCN IINational Park
2.61 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
998 distinct species · 1 847 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Not enough documented interactions to build a meaningful graph for this territory.
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
26,1°C
Annual rain
1 895mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,24
Runoff
664mm/an
PET
1 442mm
AET
1 257mm
Mean slope
2,4°
Water table
94cm
Forest
31%
Crops
16%
Urban
0%
Protected
30%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)