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
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Mayi-Ndombe684 km²
- Bassin de Lufimi177 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 53.5 km²67.2% of basin
- KinshasaKinshasa · Democratic Republic of the Congo25.6 km²32.1% of basin
- 0.5 km²0.6% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
11 distinct species · 13 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°
24,5°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)