HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081237720
Bassin de Lwama
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 : Fizi, Kabambare, Shabunda
Sub-basin area
3 074,4km²
Upstream area
18 417,5km²
Discharge
85,61m³/s
Mean elev.
870m
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°
23,4°C
Annual rain
1 442mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,12
Runoff
238mm/an
PET
1 653mm
AET
1 193mm
Mean slope
5,1°
Water table
262cm
Forest
86%
Crops
4%
Urban
0%
Protected
67%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)