Sub-prefecture · CAF
Paoua
Central African Republic
Species observed
22
Observations
252
Area
8 871,4km²
Ecological tissue
Not enough documented interactions to build a meaningful graph for this territory.
Species present
22 distinct species · 252 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Climate
Mean T°
26,1°C
Annual rain
1 341mm
Warmest m°
36,2°C
Coldest m°
19,6°C
Elevation: 599 m on average (min 415 m, max 998 m)
Bioclimatic details19 BIO + Köppen full + altitude statsExpert
CHELSA BIO 1-19 v2.1 · ETOPO DEM 60s · Köppen-Geiger 1991-2020 (Beck et al. 2018)
Soil & lithology
pH H₂O
6,1
Org. C
15,7g/kg
Clay
19,4%
Sand
59,2%
Silt
21,4%
Average over 0-30 cm. Per-depth details in expert panel.
Dominant lithology: mtGLiM
3 soil depths detailed0-5cm / 5-15cm / 15-30cm × 5 propsExpert
SoilGrids 250m (ISRIC, 2017) · GLiM v1.0 (Hartmann & Moosdorf 2012)
Land cover
Copernicus Global Land Cover 100m (Buchhorn et al. 2020)
Hydrology16 basins · 1 lakes · 14 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
506,7km
Lake surface here
0,32km²
Basins crossed
16
Max stream order
6
Max drainage
13 579km²
Discharge in basins
315,9m³/s
Mean precip.
1 274mm/an
Mean T°
25,4°C
Moisture idx
-0,33
Mean runoff
319mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
620m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Pendésub-area2 733,9 km²overlap2169.18 km²24%
- Bassin de Nana Baryasub-area2 405,5 km²overlap2047.79 km²23%
- Bassin de Ouhamsub-area1 013,2 km²overlap779.51 km²9%
- Basin #36950sub-area762,6 km²overlap759.38 km²9%
- Bassin de Bokolasub-area794,4 km²overlap754.95 km²9%
- Bassin de Bimbbisub-area1 431,9 km²overlap702.63 km²8%
- Bassin de Dansoundasub-area1 154,3 km²overlap526.15 km²6%
- Bassin de Nana Baryasub-area507,6 km²overlap504.22 km²6%
- Bassin de Nana Baryasub-area1 014 km²overlap311.14 km²4%
7 more basinssorted by overlap
- Bassin de Erékésub-area420,7 km²overlap113.01 km²1%
- Bassin de Pendésub-area261,3 km²overlap73.36 km²1%
- Bassin de Ouhamsub-area853,9 km²overlap61.03 km²1%
- Bassin de Erékésub-area148 km²overlap34.21 km²0%
- Bassin de Erékésub-area279,3 km²overlap19.46 km²0%
- Bassin de Ouhamsub-area1 745,1 km²overlap13.53 km²0%
- Basin #56990sub-area1 482,4 km²overlap1.86 km²0%
Lakes (1, top by area)
Rivers / streams (14, ord ≥ 4)
- Pendéord 6len here170.22 km35%total482 km
- Nana Baryaord 5len here154.97 km23%total681 km
- Ouhamord 6len here98.17 km7%total1364 km
- Bokolaord 2len here27.54 km100%total28 km
- Erékéord 4len here16.96 km11%total159 km
- Taiboord 4len here13.68 km61%total23 km
- Dansoundaord 2len here7.59 km32%total24 km
- Koukobord 4len here5.34 km49%total11 km
- Bimbbiord 4len here3.88 km5%total75 km
- Nyaord 5len here2.57 km1%total233 km
- Kongbwaord 1len here2.36 km100%total2 km
- Tokonyaord 3len here1.76 km100%total2 km
2 more river segmentssorted by Strahler order + length
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Human pressure
Pop. density
0hab/km²
Night light
0,0nW
Built-up
9,4%
Pesticides
0,1kg/km²
GHSL POP/Built 2020 · VIIRS lumière nocturne · PEST-CHEMGRIDS 2020 (Maggi et al.)