HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081066390
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 3 administrative regions : Budjala, Businga, Lisala
Sub-basin area
34,7km²
Upstream area
33 983,3km²
Discharge
476,33m³/s
Mean elev.
359m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Libala2440 km²
- Bassin de Mongala642 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 15.2 km²44.0% of basin
- 13.0 km²37.6% of basin
- 6.3 km²18.4% of basin
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°
24,9°C
Annual rain
1 672mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,04
Runoff
412mm/an
PET
1 746mm
AET
1 372mm
Mean slope
0,8°
Water table
29cm
Forest
80%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)