HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081202740
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 : Bolobo, Djambala, Gamboma
Sub-basin area
1 128km²
Upstream area
2 689 258,5km²
Discharge
28 743,84m³/s
Mean elev.
366m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #10811966501537 km²
- Bassin de Congo640 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 557.5 km²49.6% of basin
- 527.4 km²47.0% of basin
- 38.1 km²3.4% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
39 distinct species · 407 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°
25,3°C
Annual rain
1 606mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,05
Runoff
450mm/an
PET
1 693mm
AET
1 355mm
Mean slope
3,0°
Water table
180cm
Forest
57%
Crops
1%
Urban
1%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)