HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081155170
Bassin de Sangha
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 : Epéna, Loukoléla
Sub-basin area
897,1km²
Upstream area
179 471,6km²
Discharge
1 818,34m³/s
Mean elev.
322m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Sangha344 km²
- Bassin de Sangha9 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 765.2 km²85.7% of basin
- 127.8 km²14.3% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Grands affluents
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
893.05 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
5 distinct species · 5 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 658mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,02
Runoff
258mm/an
PET
1 622mm
AET
1 393mm
Mean slope
0,9°
Water table
42cm
Forest
100%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)