HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081259950
Bassin de Lukuga
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 : Kabalo, Kongolo, Nyunzu
Sub-basin area
488km²
Upstream area
266 514km²
Discharge
1 769,44m³/s
Mean elev.
571m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #10812645202300 km²
- Bassin de Lukuga33 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 355.6 km²73.2% of basin
- 102.0 km²21.0% of basin
- 28.3 km²5.8% 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°
25,1°C
Annual rain
1 118mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,39
Runoff
159mm/an
PET
1 821mm
AET
944mm
Mean slope
0,6°
Water table
74cm
Forest
96%
Crops
16%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)