HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081258710
Bassin de Lwalaba
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 : Kongolo, Nyunzu
Sub-basin area
1 792,9km²
Upstream area
1 792,9km²
Discharge
6,9m³/s
Mean elev.
695m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1245.7 km²69.8% of basin
- 539.3 km²30.2% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
16 distinct species · 18 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 204mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,31
Runoff
122mm/an
PET
1 761mm
AET
1 018mm
Mean slope
3,0°
Water table
244cm
Forest
88%
Crops
6%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)