HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081025230
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 3 administrative regions across 2 countries : Bangassou, Bondo, Rafaï
Sub-basin area
354,8km²
Upstream area
116 368,2km²
Discharge
821,88m³/s
Mean elev.
549m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Mbomou1767 km²
- Bassin de Mbomou723 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 213.0 km²60.3% of basin
- 72.9 km²20.6% of basin
- 67.3 km²19.0% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Bomu
IUCN IbWildlife Reserve
213.04 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°
24,5°C
Annual rain
1 790mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,03
Runoff
308mm/an
PET
1 741mm
AET
1 425mm
Mean slope
2,2°
Water table
119cm
Forest
67%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
60%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)