HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081236930
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 2 administrative regions : Ilebo, Oshwe
Sub-basin area
135,7km²
Upstream area
398 256,4km²
Discharge
3 332,77m³/s
Mean elev.
436m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Lubudi2000 km²
- Bassin de Kasai92 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 123.5 km²91.4% of basin
- 11.6 km²8.6% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
7 distinct species · 7 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 661mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,01
Runoff
277mm/an
PET
1 650mm
AET
1 344mm
Mean slope
3,5°
Water table
281cm
Forest
79%
Crops
1%
Urban
1%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)