HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081021110
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
319,3km²
Upstream area
60 174,1km²
Discharge
445,52m³/s
Mean elev.
570m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Mbomou530 km²
- Bassin de Mbomou262 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 232.2 km²73.0% of basin
- 85.8 km²27.0% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Bomu
IUCN IbWildlife Reserve
232.03 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
0 distinct species · 0 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°
24,4°C
Annual rain
1 780mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,02
Runoff
340mm/an
PET
1 750mm
AET
1 353mm
Mean slope
1,8°
Water table
129cm
Forest
38%
Crops
4%
Urban
0%
Protected
73%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)