HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081207310
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 : Bolobo, Djambala
Sub-basin area
513,2km²
Upstream area
2 690 948km²
Discharge
28 762,97m³/s
Mean elev.
412m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Congo1176 km²
- Bassin de Congo1128 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 258.7 km²50.6% of basin
- 252.2 km²49.4% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
8 distinct species · 10 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°
25,0°C
Annual rain
1 585mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,06
Runoff
443mm/an
PET
1 691mm
AET
1 334mm
Mean slope
3,2°
Water table
205cm
Forest
61%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)