HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081250670
Bassin de Lukula
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 across 2 countries : Cabinda, Lukula, Tshela
Sub-basin area
47km²
Upstream area
5 755,6km²
Discharge
51,12m³/s
Mean elev.
46m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Lukula1576 km²
- Bassin de Lukula1435 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- CabindaCabinda · Angola29.0 km²62.1% of basin
- 17.7 km²37.9% of basin
- 0.0 km²0.0% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
5 distinct species · 12 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 036mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,28
Runoff
242mm/an
PET
1 444mm
AET
876mm
Mean slope
2,3°
Water table
272cm
Forest
55%
Crops
4%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)