HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080152040
Bassin de la Litani
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 across 2 countries : Maripasoula, Tapanahony
Sub-basin area
444,5km²
Upstream area
3 155km²
Discharge
87,95m³/s
Mean elev.
193m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de la Litani914 km²
- Bassin de Crique Pompulouwa174 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 274.1 km²61.9% of basin
- 168.5 km²38.1% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
National Park - Buffer zone/Area of adhesion
285.59 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
371 distinct species · 754 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 16 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 la Litani : 16 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 11 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 9.2%, 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°
25,3°C
Annual rain
2 372mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,32
Runoff
948mm/an
PET
1 613mm
AET
1 378mm
Mean slope
5,0°
Water table
103cm
Forest
100%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
65%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)