HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081004580
Bassin de Mbomou
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 2 administrative regions across 2 countries : Ango, Zémio
Sub-basin area
651,3km²
Upstream area
21 861,8km²
Discharge
164,82m³/s
Mean elev.
594m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Mbomou787 km²
- Bassin de Mbomou219 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 362.8 km²56.0% of basin
- 285.6 km²44.0% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Bomu
IUCN IIHunting Area
292.64 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 1 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°
25,3°C
Annual rain
1 537mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,16
Runoff
294mm/an
PET
1 829mm
AET
1 217mm
Mean slope
1,1°
Water table
94cm
Forest
33%
Crops
2%
Urban
0%
Protected
45%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)