HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081083340
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 : Budjala, Lisala
Sub-basin area
385,1km²
Upstream area
41 235,4km²
Discharge
575,66m³/s
Mean elev.
392m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Mongala241 km²
- Bassin de Motima56 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 270.1 km²70.4% of basin
- 113.3 km²29.6% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
5 distinct species · 6 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°
25,1°C
Annual rain
1 766mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,03
Runoff
372mm/an
PET
1 719mm
AET
1 402mm
Mean slope
1,7°
Water table
114cm
Forest
86%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)