HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081196540
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 4 administrative regions across 2 countries : Bolobo, Bolobo (ville), Gamboma, Yumbi
Sub-basin area
640,2km²
Upstream area
2 686 592,8km²
Discharge
28 706,38m³/s
Mean elev.
325m
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°
25,6°C
Annual rain
1 633mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,03
Runoff
427mm/an
PET
1 683mm
AET
1 376mm
Mean slope
1,4°
Water table
117cm
Forest
48%
Crops
1%
Urban
1%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)