HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081259200
Bassin · #1081259200
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 across 2 countries : Kalemie, Lake Tanganyika
Sub-basin area
451km²
Upstream area
35 580,7km²
Discharge
204,42m³/s
Mean elev.
767m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #10812548401628 km²
- Bassin · #108125470046 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 228.5 km²50.9% of basin
- 220.5 km²49.1% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
4 distinct species · 8 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°
23,9°C
Annual rain
1 021mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,35
Runoff
87mm/an
PET
1 564mm
AET
864mm
Mean slope
0,0°
Water table
3cm
Forest
0%
Crops
9%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)