HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081191380
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
76,6km²
Upstream area
2 684 916km²
Discharge
28 689,45m³/s
Mean elev.
286m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Congo572 km²
- Bassin de Nkeni23 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 51.9 km²68.1% of basin
- 24.3 km²31.9% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 distinct species · 6 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°
25,9°C
Annual rain
1 605mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,05
Runoff
380mm/an
PET
1 688mm
AET
1 351mm
Mean slope
0,3°
Water table
19cm
Forest
36%
Crops
6%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)