HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081169140
Bassin de Salonga
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 : Boende, Monkoto
Sub-basin area
440,2km²
Upstream area
10 903,7km²
Discharge
281,16m³/s
Mean elev.
374m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Salonga681 km²
- Bassin de Salonga386 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 419.0 km²95.6% of basin
- 19.3 km²4.4% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Salonga National Park
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
408.40 km² overlap
Salonga
IUCN IINational Park
312.70 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 distinct species · 2 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°
24,9°C
Annual rain
2 058mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,18
Runoff
777mm/an
PET
1 681mm
AET
1 620mm
Mean slope
1,4°
Water table
49cm
Forest
100%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
71%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)