HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081247730
Bassin de Luika
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 : Kabambare, Kongolo
Sub-basin area
334,7km²
Upstream area
6 214,2km²
Discharge
17,64m³/s
Mean elev.
599m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Luika898 km²
- Bassin · #1081249260826 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 212.6 km²63.8% of basin
- 120.7 km²36.2% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
5 distinct species · 5 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°
24,9°C
Annual rain
1 339mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,26
Runoff
108mm/an
PET
1 807mm
AET
1 132mm
Mean slope
3,6°
Water table
225cm
Forest
78%
Crops
3%
Urban
1%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)