HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081142370
Bassin de Ivindo
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 : Lopé, Mvoung
Sub-basin area
193,7km²
Upstream area
52 645,8km²
Discharge
887,6m³/s
Mean elev.
380m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Ivindo422 km²
- Bassin de Ivindo406 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 105.4 km²54.6% of basin
- 87.5 km²45.4% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Chute du Fleuve Ivindo
IUCN IIWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
123.29 km² overlap
Parc national de l'Ivindo
IUCN IINational park
0.25 km² overlap
Ivindo National Park
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
0.16 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
50 distinct species · 212 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 3 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Bassin de Ivindo : 3 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 2 interactions GloBI sur 1 type (connectance 66.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
24,9°C
Annual rain
1 565mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,03
Runoff
487mm/an
PET
1 610mm
AET
1 290mm
Mean slope
4,4°
Water table
163cm
Forest
100%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)