HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081197490
Bassin de Lwilaka
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 : Dekese, Monkoto
Sub-basin area
205,7km²
Upstream area
7 833km²
Discharge
178,63m³/s
Mean elev.
425m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Lwilaka1734 km²
- Bassin de Lwilaka1291 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 200.9 km²98.1% of basin
- 3.8 km²1.9% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Salonga National Park
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
204.77 km² overlap
Salonga
IUCN IINational Park
106.58 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
0 distinct species · 0 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°
24,5°C
Annual rain
1 965mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,16
Runoff
682mm/an
PET
1 657mm
AET
1 542mm
Mean slope
3,5°
Water table
157cm
Forest
100%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
52%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)