HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081013540
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
213,9km²
Upstream area
23 849km²
Discharge
168,18m³/s
Mean elev.
585m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Lora167 km²
- Bassin de Mbomou73 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 115.5 km²54.2% of basin
- 97.5 km²45.8% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
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 564mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,14
Runoff
288mm/an
PET
1 815mm
AET
1 237mm
Mean slope
1,2°
Water table
95cm
Forest
51%
Crops
2%
Urban
0%
Protected
47%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)