HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081235130
Bassin de Kasai
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 : Idiofa, Ilebo, Oshwe
Sub-basin area
523,5km²
Upstream area
401 891,5km²
Discharge
3 333,45m³/s
Mean elev.
443m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Kasai138 km²
- Bassin de Kasai96 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 365.0 km²70.0% of basin
- 156.3 km²30.0% of basin
- 0.0 km²0.0% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 2 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 657mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,01
Runoff
283mm/an
PET
1 648mm
AET
1 342mm
Mean slope
4,0°
Water table
290cm
Forest
85%
Crops
0%
Urban
3%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)