HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081182920
Bassin · #1081182920
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 : Bikoro, Inongo, Lukolela
Sub-basin area
3 649,3km²
Upstream area
3 649,3km²
Discharge
58,01m³/s
Mean elev.
316m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 2092.4 km²57.6% of basin
- 1458.6 km²40.1% of basin
- 82.1 km²2.3% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Ngiri
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
3633.03 km² overlap
Tumba-Lediima
IUCN Not ReportedNature reserve
537.38 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
7 distinct species · 19 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°
25,6°C
Annual rain
1 745mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,10
Runoff
414mm/an
PET
1 563mm
AET
1 436mm
Mean slope
0,4°
Water table
20cm
Forest
92%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
15%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)