HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081159410
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 : Impfondo, Lukolela
Sub-basin area
100,3km²
Upstream area
2 349 912,3km²
Discharge
24 007,47m³/s
Mean elev.
301m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Congo122 km²
- Bassin de Congo26 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 50.2 km²50.3% of basin
- 49.7 km²49.7% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Ngiri
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
51.66 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
6 distinct species · 8 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 718mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,08
Runoff
364mm/an
PET
1 586mm
AET
1 434mm
Mean slope
0,6°
Water table
21cm
Forest
35%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)