HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081172520
Bassin de Tshuapa
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 : Ikela, Opala
Sub-basin area
682,6km²
Upstream area
15 464,3km²
Discharge
277,75m³/s
Mean elev.
460m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Lwekali496 km²
- Bassin de Tshuapa122 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 391.8 km²57.7% of basin
- 287.8 km²42.3% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
27 distinct species · 44 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°
24,5°C
Annual rain
1 867mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,09
Runoff
645mm/an
PET
1 701mm
AET
1 532mm
Mean slope
3,8°
Water table
144cm
Forest
96%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)