HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081249030
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
898,1km²
Upstream area
5 053,5km²
Discharge
13,81m³/s
Mean elev.
664m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Lwika956 km²
- Bassin de Luika730 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 652.7 km²73.0% of basin
- 241.5 km²27.0% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
0 distinct species · 0 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°
24,3°C
Annual rain
1 342mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,24
Runoff
97mm/an
PET
1 761mm
AET
1 135mm
Mean slope
4,1°
Water table
306cm
Forest
93%
Crops
2%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)