HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081272090
Bassin · #1081272090
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 across 2 countries : Kalemie, Lake Tanganyika, Moba, Uvinza
Sub-basin area
643,2km²
Upstream area
55 992,3km²
Discharge
308,83m³/s
Mean elev.
1 017m
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°
22,9°C
Annual rain
1 040mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,34
Runoff
70mm/an
PET
1 593mm
AET
863mm
Mean slope
5,3°
Water table
245cm
Forest
35%
Crops
3%
Urban
0%
Protected
47%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)