HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081084640
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
549,6km²
Upstream area
42 651,3km²
Discharge
590,76m³/s
Mean elev.
391m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Mongala867 km²
- Bassin de Mongala385 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 399.4 km²73.0% of basin
- 147.7 km²27.0% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 distinct species · 4 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°
25,2°C
Annual rain
1 831mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,06
Runoff
323mm/an
PET
1 729mm
AET
1 431mm
Mean slope
1,5°
Water table
112cm
Forest
91%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)