HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081156500
Bassin de Congo
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 across 2 countries : Bomongo, Impfondo
Sub-basin area
150,4km²
Upstream area
647 302,1km²
Discharge
5 141,4m³/s
Mean elev.
304m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Mpoka1252 km²
- Bassin de Ubangi124 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 88.4 km²59.0% of basin
- 61.4 km²41.0% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Ngiri
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
61.18 km² overlap
Réserve du triangle de la Ngiri
IUCN Not ReportedNature reserve
28.73 km² overlap
Grands affluents
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
18.26 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
51 distinct species · 80 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 Congo : 3 espèces 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°
25,4°C
Annual rain
1 717mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,07
Runoff
350mm/an
PET
1 600mm
AET
1 429mm
Mean slope
0,8°
Water table
28cm
Forest
85%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)