HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081234550
Bassin de Nsele
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 : Kasangulu, Kinshasa
Sub-basin area
1 017,8km²
Upstream area
4 715,8km²
Discharge
77,14m³/s
Mean elev.
495m
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°
24,4°C
Annual rain
1 475mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,09
Runoff
536mm/an
PET
1 627mm
AET
1 216mm
Mean slope
7,6°
Water table
347cm
Forest
65%
Crops
3%
Urban
3%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)