HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081266820
Bassin de Luizi
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
421,9km²
Upstream area
8 901,3km²
Discharge
9,05m³/s
Mean elev.
651m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Luweyeye2648 km²
- Bassin de Luizi635 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 239.5 km²57.0% of basin
- 180.6 km²43.0% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
29 distinct species · 44 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°
24,6°C
Annual rain
1 089mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,39
Runoff
77mm/an
PET
1 772mm
AET
920mm
Mean slope
1,3°
Water table
225cm
Forest
94%
Crops
21%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)