HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081217700
Bassin de Lwalaba
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 : Kasongo, Kibombo, Pangi
Sub-basin area
786,6km²
Upstream area
792 869km²
Discharge
4 118m³/s
Mean elev.
524m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Kihamuwa1363 km²
- Bassin de Lwalaba347 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 293.0 km²37.4% of basin
- 283.5 km²36.2% of basin
- 206.6 km²26.4% of basin
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°
25,2°C
Annual rain
1 596mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,06
Runoff
409mm/an
PET
1 700mm
AET
1 337mm
Mean slope
2,1°
Water table
111cm
Forest
86%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)