HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081264930
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 2 administrative regions : Kabalo, Nyunzu
Sub-basin area
98,3km²
Upstream area
263 339,4km²
Discharge
1 759,5m³/s
Mean elev.
570m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Lukuga352 km²
- Bassin de Lukuga268 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 72.7 km²74.2% of basin
- 25.2 km²25.8% 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°
25,0°C
Annual rain
1 085mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,40
Runoff
131mm/an
PET
1 816mm
AET
917mm
Mean slope
0,4°
Water table
53cm
Forest
86%
Crops
25%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)