HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081186690
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 3 administrative regions across 2 countries : Gamboma, Lukolela, Yumbi
Sub-basin area
53,2km²
Upstream area
4 129km²
Discharge
39,13m³/s
Mean elev.
286m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Nsolu822 km²
- Bassin · #108118643033 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 31.5 km²59.4% of basin
- 19.8 km²37.4% of basin
- 1.7 km²3.2% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Ngiri
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
51.18 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
10 distinct species · 12 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°
25,8°C
Annual rain
1 572mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,05
Runoff
290mm/an
PET
1 660mm
AET
1 325mm
Mean slope
0,1°
Water table
12cm
Forest
15%
Crops
4%
Urban
7%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)