HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081017410
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 : Bondo, Rafaï
Sub-basin area
573,8km²
Upstream area
58 736,7km²
Discharge
445,56m³/s
Mean elev.
599m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Mbomou889 km²
- Bassin de Mbomou64 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 317.3 km²55.5% of basin
- 254.0 km²44.5% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Bomu
IUCN IbWildlife Reserve
254.01 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 229 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°
24,5°C
Annual rain
1 713mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,03
Runoff
337mm/an
PET
1 773mm
AET
1 297mm
Mean slope
2,7°
Water table
222cm
Forest
23%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
44%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)