HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081263770
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 : Moanda, Noqui
Sub-basin area
318,6km²
Upstream area
3 696 454,8km²
Discharge
39 605,48m³/s
Mean elev.
161m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Lué Pequeno1052 km²
- Bassin de Lufu851 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 214.4 km²67.6% of basin
- 94.3 km²29.7% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
9 distinct species · 10 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°
26,8°C
Annual rain
989mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,31
Runoff
216mm/an
PET
1 442mm
AET
839mm
Mean slope
6,9°
Water table
400cm
Forest
49%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)