HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081103540
Bassin de Imbo
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 : Mambasa, Wamba
Sub-basin area
896,4km²
Upstream area
2 793,6km²
Discharge
38,53m³/s
Mean elev.
736m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #1081103310373 km²
- Bassin · #108110342071 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 849.4 km²95.2% of basin
- 43.0 km²4.8% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Okapi Wildlife Reserve
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
482.14 km² overlap
Okapis
IUCN IIWildlife Reserve
482.14 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 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°
24,4°C
Annual rain
1 887mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,08
Runoff
428mm/an
PET
1 737mm
AET
1 511mm
Mean slope
2,8°
Water table
118cm
Forest
99%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
54%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)