HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081008580
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
72,7km²
Upstream area
23 468,3km²
Discharge
173,18m³/s
Mean elev.
597m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Begoue370 km²
- Bassin de Mbomou154 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 55.0 km²76.0% of basin
- 17.4 km²24.0% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Bomu
IUCN IIHunting Area
57.12 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
0 distinct species · 0 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°
25,2°C
Annual rain
1 558mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,14
Runoff
298mm/an
PET
1 817mm
AET
1 230mm
Mean slope
2,0°
Water table
168cm
Forest
49%
Crops
2%
Urban
0%
Protected
79%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)