HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081247660
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 : Lusambo, Lusambo (ville)
Sub-basin area
92,3km²
Upstream area
93 263,6km²
Discharge
1 029m³/s
Mean elev.
490m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Lubi1406 km²
- Bassin de Sankuru1042 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 79.0 km²85.9% of basin
- 13.0 km²14.1% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
105 distinct species · 193 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°
25,4°C
Annual rain
1 634mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,08
Runoff
280mm/an
PET
1 770mm
AET
1 382mm
Mean slope
5,5°
Water table
288cm
Forest
82%
Crops
0%
Urban
7%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)