HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081261230
Bassin de Lomami
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 4 administrative regions : Kabalo, Kabinda, Kongolo, Lubao
Sub-basin area
2 357,7km²
Upstream area
27 529,1km²
Discharge
368,98m³/s
Mean elev.
697m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Lomami1245 km²
- Bassin de Mulofia95 km²
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 2200.5 km²93.7% of basin
- 74.1 km²3.2% of basin
- 72.4 km²3.1% of basin
- 0.5 km²0.0% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
14 distinct species · 14 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°
24,5°C
Annual rain
1 179mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,33
Runoff
341mm/an
PET
1 764mm
AET
997mm
Mean slope
2,3°
Water table
191cm
Forest
88%
Crops
14%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)