HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081231910
Bassin de Sankuru
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 : Bena-Dibele, Kole
Sub-basin area
265,9km²
Upstream area
119 283,6km²
Discharge
1 231,88m³/s
Mean elev.
488m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Sankuru183 km²
- Bassin de Lubefu26 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 236.2 km²89.2% of basin
- 28.5 km²10.8% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
6 distinct species · 14 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°
25,0°C
Annual rain
1 718mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,01
Runoff
288mm/an
PET
1 743mm
AET
1 436mm
Mean slope
4,6°
Water table
207cm
Forest
90%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)