HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081211270
Bassin de Kasai
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 : Kwamouth, Mushie
Sub-basin area
390,4km²
Upstream area
891 048,9km²
Discharge
8 855,74m³/s
Mean elev.
352m
Administrative coverage
Species present
Ecological tissue
Graphe en cours d’indexation
Calcul du tissu écologique de cette entité.
Le graphe apparaîtra automatiquement dès que le calcul est terminé (rafraîchissement toutes les 2s).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
25,5°C
Annual rain
1 511mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,11
Runoff
351mm/an
PET
1 696mm
AET
1 278mm
Mean slope
2,3°
Water table
189cm
Forest
68%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)