HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081143540
Bassin de Maiko
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 3 administrative regions : Bafwasende, Lubutu, Ubundu
Sub-basin area
2 180,8km²
Upstream area
8 475,6km²
Discharge
212,13m³/s
Mean elev.
548m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Ukungu1064 km²
- Bassin de Maiko60 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1250.4 km²57.6% of basin
- 905.9 km²41.7% of basin
- 14.7 km²0.7% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
13 distinct species · 220 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°
24,5°C
Annual rain
1 852mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,10
Runoff
703mm/an
PET
1 674mm
AET
1 523mm
Mean slope
2,4°
Water table
87cm
Forest
96%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)