Dire RivDIS Summary

Gauging Station - Data Summary

Station: Dire Continent: Africa
River: Niger Major Basin : Gulf of Guinea
Country: Mali Discharge into : Atlantic Ocean
Observation Period: 1924 - 1979 Total Months: 666
Latitude (dec deg): 16.26 N Area (km2): 340000
Longitude (dec deg): 3.38 W Elevation (m): 257
Annual Discharge: (m3/s): 1108.8 (km3/yr): 34.9
Annual Runoff: (l/s/km2): 3.3 (mm/yr): 102.5
Mean for Observation Period
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
m3/sec 1866.4 1373.5 830.6 359.8 119.0 71.7 260.1 841.9 1474.2 1850.9 2084.7 2146.6
km3/mo 5.0 3.3 2.2 0.9 0.3 0.2 0.7 2.3 3.8 5.0 5.4 5.7
mm/mo 14.7 9.8 6.5 2.7 0.9 0.5 2.0 6.6 11.2 14.6 15.9 16.9
l/s/km2 5.5 4.0 2.4 1.1 0.3 0.2 0.8 2.5 4.3 5.4 6.1 6.3