HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081237020
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
96,2km²
Upstream area
401 229,8km²
Discharge
3 348,78m³/s
Mean elev.
437m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Lubundji2877 km²
- Bassin de Kasai136 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 50.0 km²52.2% of basin
- 45.8 km²47.8% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 1 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°
25,1°C
Annual rain
1 649mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,00
Runoff
274mm/an
PET
1 655mm
AET
1 341mm
Mean slope
4,0°
Water table
322cm
Forest
91%
Crops
2%
Urban
7%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)