HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081227630
Bassin de Kama
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 : Kabambare, Shabunda
Sub-basin area
340,8km²
Upstream area
1 632,5km²
Discharge
20,45m³/s
Mean elev.
669m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Luvwa660 km²
- Bassin de Kama632 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 232.6 km²68.6% of basin
- 106.6 km²31.4% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
5 distinct species · 5 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°
24,3°C
Annual rain
1 570mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,08
Runoff
403mm/an
PET
1 712mm
AET
1 312mm
Mean slope
2,5°
Water table
133cm
Forest
65%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)