HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081261630
Bassin de Kasai
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 : Ilebo, Kamonia
Sub-basin area
134,1km²
Upstream area
159 755,7km²
Discharge
1 326,56m³/s
Mean elev.
526m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Kasai1838 km²
- Bassin de Kasai936 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 76.9 km²57.6% of basin
- 56.6 km²42.4% 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°
24,9°C
Annual rain
1 546mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,11
Runoff
152mm/an
PET
1 736mm
AET
1 305mm
Mean slope
4,7°
Water table
303cm
Forest
82%
Crops
1%
Urban
3%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)