HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081228680
Bassin de Lufimi
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 across 2 countries : Kinshasa, Kwamouth, Ngamaba
Sub-basin area
79,9km²
Upstream area
11 747,9km²
Discharge
199,04m³/s
Mean elev.
482m
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°
24,5°C
Annual rain
1 489mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,10
Runoff
618mm/an
PET
1 657mm
AET
1 248mm
Mean slope
6,0°
Water table
353cm
Forest
87%
Crops
10%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)