HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081246760
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 : Boko, Mbanza-Ngungu
Sub-basin area
518,8km²
Upstream area
3 661 908km²
Discharge
39 241,9m³/s
Mean elev.
491m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Congo754 km²
- Bassin de Congo263 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 374.2 km²72.4% of basin
- 142.3 km²27.6% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
71 distinct species · 88 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°
24,0°C
Annual rain
1 262mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,19
Runoff
566mm/an
PET
1 556mm
AET
1 062mm
Mean slope
5,4°
Water table
199cm
Forest
69%
Crops
2%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)