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
Species present
Ecological tissue
Graphe en cours d’indexation
Calcul du tissu écologique de cette entité.
Le graphe apparaîtra automatiquement dès que le calcul est terminé (rafraîchissement toutes les 2s).
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)