HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081152750
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 3 administrative regions : Makoua, Mossaka, Ouesso
Sub-basin area
1 689,5km²
Upstream area
47 342,4km²
Discharge
689,56m³/s
Mean elev.
322m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Likouala845 km²
- Bassin de Likouala46 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1634.8 km²97.2% of basin
- 23.7 km²1.4% of basin
- 23.3 km²1.4% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Grands affluents
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
1681.91 km² overlap
Ntokou-Pikounda
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
102.77 km² overlap
National Park
63.63 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
14 distinct species · 20 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°
25,4°C
Annual rain
1 650mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,00
Runoff
231mm/an
PET
1 648mm
AET
1 386mm
Mean slope
0,2°
Water table
12cm
Forest
98%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
4%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)