HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081242430
Bassin de Sankuru
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 : Dimbelenge, Lusambo
Sub-basin area
263,4km²
Upstream area
97 346,5km²
Discharge
1 065,39m³/s
Mean elev.
508m
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°
25,2°C
Annual rain
1 666mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,05
Runoff
274mm/an
PET
1 758mm
AET
1 407mm
Mean slope
4,7°
Water table
185cm
Forest
100%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)