HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081004680
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, Obo
Sub-basin area
2 443,8km²
Upstream area
16 292,2km²
Discharge
124,15m³/s
Mean elev.
644m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Ouarra River1435 km²
- Bassin de Mbomou356 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1249.6 km²51.4% of basin
- 1183.5 km²48.6% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Bomu
IUCN IIHunting Area
1256.28 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°
25,1°C
Annual rain
1 530mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,15
Runoff
257mm/an
PET
1 809mm
AET
1 218mm
Mean slope
1,7°
Water table
155cm
Forest
21%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
52%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)