HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081174740
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
138,3km²
Upstream area
13 813,8km²
Discharge
244,26m³/s
Mean elev.
451m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Yafa575 km²
- Bassin de Tshuapa162 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 112.8 km²81.9% of basin
- 24.9 km²18.1% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
12 distinct species · 14 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°
24,7°C
Annual rain
1 852mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,08
Runoff
613mm/an
PET
1 706mm
AET
1 527mm
Mean slope
3,3°
Water table
139cm
Forest
94%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)