HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080020040
Bassin de Congo
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 4 administrative regions across 2 countries : Lukula, Moanda, Moanda (ville), Soyo
Sub-basin area
1 438,5km²
Upstream area
3 705 301,8km²
Discharge
39 636,77m³/s
Mean elev.
65m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
Outlet (drains to ocean / endorheic)
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Congo2561 km²
- Bassin de Congo659 km²
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 684.6 km²47.8% of basin
- 595.2 km²41.6% of basin
- 99.2 km²6.9% of basin
- 5.1 km²0.4% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Mangrove Nature Reserve or Marine Park
IUCN Not ReportedNature reserve
232.41 km² overlap
Parc national des Mangroves
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
60.69 km² overlap
Parc Marin des Mangroves
IUCN Not ReportedNational Park
60.69 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
267 distinct species · 474 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 9 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 Congo : 9 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) + 0 bulles famille, 5 interactions GloBI documentées sur 3 types (connectance 13.9%, 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°
25,8°C
Annual rain
888mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,40
Runoff
176mm/an
PET
1 471mm
AET
752mm
Mean slope
2,4°
Water table
237cm
Forest
64%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
17%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)