Site ID:

1420

Lat.

14.8363

Niger

River:

Gorouol

Long.

0.2825

Site name:

Contributing area:

18517

km2

Ratio to Comparison Station:

0.80

Latest measurement:

17-Nov-09

Mean annual runoff:

393

(2003-2007)

Hydrologic status:

Normal flow

Total runoff this year:

438

Latest M/C ratio:

1.14

Seven day total:

Estimated current discharge:

148

m3/sec

Percent of mean 7-day total:

25.3

(today's value compared to mean for same period, 2003-2007)

Ice-cover determination:

5 yr recurrence flood:

1069

m3/sec

(from Log Pearson III analysis)

Status Codes: 1 = Low flow, 2 = Normal flow, 3 = Flood, 4 = Major Flood

1092

m3/sec

(from Gumbel Extreme Value analysis)

Comparison Station Information:

Tokwe Confluence D/s C/s (1495240)

Contributing Area:

7280

sq mi

23237

sq km

(Data from this gaging station are used for the calibration to discharge, with an adjustment for different contributing areas)

Notes:

Comparison station is placeholder, only; this site is not yet calibrated to actual discharge

Discharge and runoff, based on satellite remote sensing (NASA AMSR-E data)

(For U.S, sites, nearby ground station discharge may also be shown)

2008-Present

2002-Present

Annual

Monthly Total Runoff (mm), computed from above satellite-based discharge data

Runoff

(mm)

Jan

Feb

Mar

April

May

June

July

Aug

Sept

Oct

Nov

Dec

272

2002

no data

30.2

47.0

72.2

70.1

52.2

475

2003

39.5

31.1

23.6

5.0

1.5

11.1

33.2

53.9

67.0

91.8

58.2

59.6

464

2004

42.4

33.8

27.0

27.8

14.1

8.9

20.8

30.8

72.3

78.2

55.3

53.2

367

2005

29.9

9.9

2.5

2.2

14.2

41.1

0.1

69.9

46.0

58.0

54.3

38.6

207

2006

18.1

4.7

5.3

0.7

0.9

0.5

4.6

33.1

60.2

78.7

0.0

453

2007

26.9

27.3

17.9

36.4

8.0

7.5

30.4

59.0

70.0

80.1

62.2

27.1

438

2008

39.7

15.4

21.9

19.4

9.7

20.4

53.3

76.8

54.1

60.7

37.4

29.1

168

2009

9.2

4.2

9.9

2.2

2.0

1.1

7.8

35.8

45.2

40.4

10.6

0.0

Discharge is estimated directly via a rating equation from the remote sensing data (M/C ratio) shown below.