HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081022910
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
723,1km²
Upstream area
114 246,6km²
Discharge
823,75m³/s
Mean elev.
561m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Chinko798 km²
- Bassin de Mbomou50 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 441.2 km²61.3% of basin
- 278.7 km²38.7% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Bomu
IUCN IbWildlife Reserve
441.19 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 4 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 793mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,03
Runoff
330mm/an
PET
1 742mm
AET
1 392mm
Mean slope
2,1°
Water table
123cm
Forest
45%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
61%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)