Surface water dataset (river discharge), within the Donga watershed (600 km2), Benin

Long term measurements (LOP) of the river discharge to documentate the surface water balance of 6 nested catchments (12 to 586 km2). The electrical conductivity of river water is an integrative measure that allows documentation of the origin of waters (rainfall, surface and sub-surface runoff, water table drainage). Associated to the chemical characterization of water (CE.Wchem_Od), these data give insight into processes of runoff generation, allow to compute water balance components and constitute validation datasets for hydrological models.