HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081213630
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, Ngabé
Sub-basin area
1 767,9km²
Upstream area
2 708 456,8km²
Discharge
29 224,96m³/s
Mean elev.
542m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Léfini914 km²
- Bassin de Congo118 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1632.7 km²92.8% of basin
- 127.3 km²7.2% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
229 distinct species · 504 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 18 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Bassin de Congo : 14 espèces reliées par 13 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 8.5%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 4 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
24,1°C
Annual rain
1 615mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,02
Runoff
632mm/an
PET
1 644mm
AET
1 309mm
Mean slope
2,1°
Water table
148cm
Forest
46%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
58%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)