HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #5080219840
Bassin de Bensbach 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 1 administrative regions : South Fly
Sub-basin area
206,5km²
Upstream area
3 253,2km²
Discharge
98,34m³/s
Mean elev.
14m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Morehead River704 km²
- Bassin de Morehead River625 km²
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 205.6 km²100.0% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Tonda
IUCN Not ReportedWildlife Management Area
205.63 km² overlap
Tonda Wildlife Management Area
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
205.63 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
29 distinct species · 52 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°
26,4°C
Annual rain
1 539mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,02
Runoff
758mm/an
PET
1 502mm
AET
1 132mm
Mean slope
0,6°
Water table
20cm
Forest
44%
Crops
16%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)