HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081234270
Bassin de Kouilou
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 : Kakamoeka, Mvouti
Sub-basin area
503km²
Upstream area
56 309,4km²
Discharge
902,95m³/s
Mean elev.
162m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Niari460 km²
- Bassin de Mondji203 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 500.7 km²100.0% of basin
- 0.0 km²0.0% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Réserve de biosphère de la Dimonika
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
2.24 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
168 distinct species · 424 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 12 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 Kouilou : 11 espèces reliées par 9 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 13.6%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 1 bulle taxonomique (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°
25,1°C
Annual rain
1 359mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,07
Runoff
490mm/an
PET
1 465mm
AET
1 060mm
Mean slope
6,8°
Water table
350cm
Forest
86%
Crops
2%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)