HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081036590
Bassin · #1081036590
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 : Dungu, Tombura, Yambio
Sub-basin area
966,5km²
Upstream area
966,5km²
Discharge
8,44m³/s
Mean elev.
716m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 933.4 km²97.0% of basin
- Yambio21.2 km²2.2% of basin
- Tombura7.7 km²0.8% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Bire Kapatuos
IUCN VIGame Reserve
11.60 km² overlap
Mbarizunga
IUCN VIGame Reserve
10.05 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
15 distinct species · 172 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°
24,3°C
Annual rain
1 551mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,14
Runoff
276mm/an
PET
1 809mm
AET
1 249mm
Mean slope
1,2°
Water table
82cm
Forest
34%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
2%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)