HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081238360
Bassin de Namala
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, Mwenga
Sub-basin area
2 053,2km²
Upstream area
2 053,5km²
Discharge
12,59m³/s
Mean elev.
1 679m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1555.7 km²76.1% of basin
- 258.7 km²12.7% of basin
- 229.8 km²11.2% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
142 distinct species · 640 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°
19,0°C
Annual rain
1 538mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,06
Runoff
219mm/an
PET
1 426mm
AET
1 091mm
Mean slope
9,1°
Water table
354cm
Forest
74%
Crops
10%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)