HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081112630
Bassin de Aruwimi
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 : Banalia, Basoko, Isangi
Sub-basin area
2 881km²
Upstream area
107 997,9km²
Discharge
1 344,41m³/s
Mean elev.
456m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Aruwimi2382 km²
- Bassin de Luki880 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 2625.4 km²91.5% of basin
- 223.5 km²7.8% of basin
- 19.2 km²0.7% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
434 distinct species · 776 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°
24,8°C
Annual rain
1 769mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,06
Runoff
510mm/an
PET
1 664mm
AET
1 420mm
Mean slope
1,7°
Water table
69cm
Forest
98%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)