HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081266660
Bassin de Mbuji-Mayi
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 7 administrative regions : Katanda, Lukalaba, Lupatapata, Mbuji-Mayi, Miabi +2
Sub-basin area
1 420,4km²
Upstream area
14 199,5km²
Discharge
159,03m³/s
Mean elev.
635m
Administrative coverage
Species present
Ecological tissue
Graphe en cours d’indexation
Calcul du tissu écologique de cette entité.
Le graphe apparaîtra automatiquement dès que le calcul est terminé (rafraîchissement toutes les 2s).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
25,2°C
Annual rain
1 511mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,16
Runoff
396mm/an
PET
1 808mm
AET
1 278mm
Mean slope
2,9°
Water table
225cm
Forest
13%
Crops
2%
Urban
26%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)