HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081244040
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 3 administrative regions across 2 countries : Boko, Kasangulu, Kinkala
Sub-basin area
381,8km²
Upstream area
3 646 036,3km²
Discharge
38 925,65m³/s
Mean elev.
423m
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°
24,5°C
Annual rain
1 299mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,18
Runoff
569mm/an
PET
1 588mm
AET
1 093mm
Mean slope
5,4°
Water table
188cm
Forest
77%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)