HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081175020
Bassin de Lowa
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 : Lubutu, Punia, Ubundu
Sub-basin area
367km²
Upstream area
49 224,1km²
Discharge
1 527,04m³/s
Mean elev.
510m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Lowa2450 km²
- Bassin de Lubutu593 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 158.5 km²43.4% of basin
- 141.6 km²38.8% of basin
- 65.2 km²17.9% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 1 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°
24,6°C
Annual rain
1 907mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,12
Runoff
1 034mm/an
PET
1 673mm
AET
1 525mm
Mean slope
1,6°
Water table
48cm
Forest
94%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)