HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081205280
Bassin de Kasuku
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 : Kailo, Kibombo
Sub-basin area
1 300,5km²
Upstream area
6 744km²
Discharge
68,07m³/s
Mean elev.
505m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Luyanga2659 km²
- Bassin de Kasuku1351 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1074.3 km²83.0% of basin
- 220.5 km²17.0% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
30 distinct species · 45 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°
25,2°C
Annual rain
1 630mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,03
Runoff
586mm/an
PET
1 675mm
AET
1 360mm
Mean slope
1,3°
Water table
51cm
Forest
81%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)