HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081023820
Bassin de Oubangui
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 : Damara, Libenge
Sub-basin area
30,6km²
Upstream area
489 322,4km²
Discharge
3 798,02m³/s
Mean elev.
411m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Bembe1122 km²
- Bassin de Oubangui203 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 22.4 km²73.5% of basin
- 8.1 km²26.5% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
9 distinct species · 9 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°
25,7°C
Annual rain
1 540mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,16
Runoff
293mm/an
PET
1 837mm
AET
1 251mm
Mean slope
4,2°
Water table
299cm
Forest
53%
Crops
4%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)