HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081015650
Bassin · #1081015650
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 : Dungu, Tombura, Yambio
Sub-basin area
1 651,8km²
Upstream area
1 651,8km²
Discharge
13,05m³/s
Mean elev.
661m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Tombura907.4 km²55.2% of basin
- Yambio709.6 km²43.1% of basin
- 27.6 km²1.7% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Bire Kapatuos
IUCN VIGame Reserve
208.47 km² overlap
Bangangai
IUCN VIGame Reserve
0.09 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
6 distinct species · 8 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 469mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,20
Runoff
252mm/an
PET
1 835mm
AET
1 209mm
Mean slope
1,5°
Water table
136cm
Forest
14%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
13%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)