HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081020970
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 : Bangassou, Bondo
Sub-basin area
1 180,2km²
Upstream area
119 559,8km²
Discharge
849,95m³/s
Mean elev.
540m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Mbomou1031 km²
- Bassin · #1081025340411 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 609.9 km²51.9% of basin
- 565.2 km²48.1% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 distinct species · 3 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°
24,9°C
Annual rain
1 727mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,04
Runoff
257mm/an
PET
1 801mm
AET
1 365mm
Mean slope
2,3°
Water table
132cm
Forest
72%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
64%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)