HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081064700
Bassin de Mongala
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 : Businga, Lisala
Sub-basin area
641,7km²
Upstream area
31 508,9km²
Discharge
434,51m³/s
Mean elev.
404m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Likame1011 km²
- Bassin de Mongala61 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 506.3 km²79.2% of basin
- 132.6 km²20.8% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
43 distinct species · 73 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°
24,4°C
Annual rain
1 625mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,06
Runoff
413mm/an
PET
1 721mm
AET
1 344mm
Mean slope
1,3°
Water table
93cm
Forest
72%
Crops
0%
Urban
1%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)