HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080847160
Bassin de Bahr Aouk
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 3 administrative regions across 2 countries : Birao, Haraze Mangueigne, Ndélé
Sub-basin area
1 201,5km²
Upstream area
75 845,9km²
Discharge
60,01m³/s
Mean elev.
408m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Bahr Kameur1914 km²
- Bassin de Gounda19 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 548.9 km²45.9% of basin
- 324.6 km²27.1% of basin
- 323.1 km²27.0% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Manovo-Gounda St Floris National Park
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
552.86 km² overlap
Aouk
IUCN Not ReportedHunting reserve
317.84 km² overlap
Aouk-Aoukale
IUCN IVFaunal Reserve
254.64 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
23 distinct species · 40 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Not enough documented interactions to build a meaningful graph for this territory.
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
27,3°C
Annual rain
1 039mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,50
Runoff
105mm/an
PET
2 079mm
AET
872mm
Mean slope
0,1°
Water table
9cm
Forest
2%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
95%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)