HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081140780
Bassin de Likouala
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 : Makoua, Mbomo
Sub-basin area
510km²
Upstream area
510km²
Discharge
6,45m³/s
Mean elev.
423m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 414.5 km²81.6% of basin
- 93.2 km²18.4% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
Parc national d'Odzala
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
121.07 km² overlap
Odzala Kokoua
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
115.73 km² overlap
National Park
115.24 km² overlap
Forest Massif of Odzala-Kokoua
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
84.92 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
10 distinct species · 11 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°
24,6°C
Annual rain
1 691mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,01
Runoff
399mm/an
PET
1 669mm
AET
1 409mm
Mean slope
2,2°
Water table
154cm
Forest
62%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
23%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)