HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081012000
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 3 administrative regions across 2 countries : Bondo, Rafaï, Zémio
Sub-basin area
63,8km²
Upstream area
57 274,3km²
Discharge
431,51m³/s
Mean elev.
589m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Ouara2672 km²
- Bassin de Mbomou876 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 37.1 km²58.4% of basin
- 26.0 km²40.9% of basin
- 0.4 km²0.7% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Bomu
IUCN IbWildlife Reserve
25.76 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°
24,7°C
Annual rain
1 685mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,06
Runoff
332mm/an
PET
1 784mm
AET
1 283mm
Mean slope
2,8°
Water table
247cm
Forest
23%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
41%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)