HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081050750
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 4 administrative regions across 2 countries : Bimbo, Libenge, M'Baïki, Mongoumba
Sub-basin area
527,6km²
Upstream area
526 584,1km²
Discharge
3 632,3m³/s
Mean elev.
386m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Lessé4244 km²
- Bassin de Oubangui552 km²
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 336.0 km²64.0% of basin
- 177.9 km²33.9% of basin
- 11.2 km²2.1% of basin
- 0.1 km²0.0% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
10 distinct species · 26 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°
24,6°C
Annual rain
1 672mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,03
Runoff
252mm/an
PET
1 722mm
AET
1 305mm
Mean slope
1,5°
Water table
74cm
Forest
98%
Crops
1%
Urban
1%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)