HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080997890
Bassin de Ouaka
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 : Alindao, Bambari, Kouango
Sub-basin area
563,6km²
Upstream area
563,6km²
Discharge
4,82m³/s
Mean elev.
580m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 481.2 km²85.8% of basin
- 55.3 km²9.9% of basin
- 24.6 km²4.4% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
14 distinct species · 29 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°
24,4°C
Annual rain
1 543mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,16
Runoff
270mm/an
PET
1 830mm
AET
1 216mm
Mean slope
1,8°
Water table
222cm
Forest
94%
Crops
4%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)