HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081190280
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 : Gamboma, Yumbi
Sub-basin area
572,4km²
Upstream area
2 673 412,3km²
Discharge
28 440,32m³/s
Mean elev.
292m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Sangasi2399 km²
- Bassin de Congo53 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 322.0 km²56.5% of basin
- 247.8 km²43.5% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Ngiri
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
58.18 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
222 distinct species · 1 596 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 8 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Bassin de Congo : 4 espèces reliées par 7 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 25.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 4 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
25,8°C
Annual rain
1 584mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,05
Runoff
323mm/an
PET
1 670mm
AET
1 337mm
Mean slope
0,5°
Water table
29cm
Forest
51%
Crops
2%
Urban
3%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)