HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081094270
Bassin de Motaba
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 across 2 countries : Dongou, Kungu
Sub-basin area
1 102,7km²
Upstream area
12 093,3km²
Discharge
91,18m³/s
Mean elev.
346m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #10810862401274 km²
- Bassin de Motaba1036 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1097.3 km²100.0% of basin
- 0.5 km²0.0% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Grands affluents
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
973.75 km² overlap
Ngiri
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
0.50 km² overlap
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 742mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,02
Runoff
120mm/an
PET
1 714mm
AET
1 397mm
Mean slope
0,5°
Water table
19cm
Forest
100%
Crops
1%
Urban
1%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)