HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081036790
Bassin · #1081036790
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 : Dungu, Yambio
Sub-basin area
947,1km²
Upstream area
947,1km²
Discharge
8,7m³/s
Mean elev.
717m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 890.1 km²94.4% of basin
- Yambio52.9 km²5.6% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Mbarizunga
IUCN VIGame Reserve
14.42 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
10 distinct species · 12 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 561mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,14
Runoff
290mm/an
PET
1 816mm
AET
1 260mm
Mean slope
1,1°
Water table
72cm
Forest
27%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
2%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)