HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081231830
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 2 administrative regions : Kasongo, Kibombo
Sub-basin area
155,7km²
Upstream area
783 391,2km²
Discharge
4 514,92m³/s
Mean elev.
509m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Lubutu494 km²
- Bassin de Lwalaba352 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 112.4 km²72.5% of basin
- 42.7 km²27.5% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 distinct species · 3 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°
25,6°C
Annual rain
1 438mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,18
Runoff
180mm/an
PET
1 755mm
AET
1 217mm
Mean slope
1,4°
Water table
126cm
Forest
56%
Crops
19%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)