HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081219900
Bassin de Niari
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 : Louvakou (Loubomo), Mossendjo
Sub-basin area
118,4km²
Upstream area
46 251,8km²
Discharge
752,45m³/s
Mean elev.
114m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Niari2371 km²
- Bassin de Niari21 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 84.8 km²71.9% of basin
- 33.1 km²28.1% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Tsoulou
IUCN IVWildlife Reserve
28.99 km² overlap
Vallée du Niari
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
17.25 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
5 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°
25,6°C
Annual rain
1 251mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,21
Runoff
348mm/an
PET
1 576mm
AET
1 058mm
Mean slope
1,5°
Water table
117cm
Forest
70%
Crops
0%
Urban
2%
Protected
25%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)