HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081241030
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 5 administrative regions across 2 countries : Brazzaville, Kasangulu, Kinkala, Kinshasa, Ngamaba
Sub-basin area
1 209,6km²
Upstream area
3 642 424km²
Discharge
38 867,65m³/s
Mean elev.
396m
Administrative coverage
Species present
Ecological tissue
Graphe en cours d’indexation
Calcul du tissu écologique de cette entité.
Le graphe apparaîtra automatiquement dès que le calcul est terminé (rafraîchissement toutes les 2s).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
24,7°C
Annual rain
1 345mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,16
Runoff
581mm/an
PET
1 611mm
AET
1 131mm
Mean slope
5,4°
Water table
227cm
Forest
63%
Crops
2%
Urban
11%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)