HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081273160
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 2 administrative regions : Miabi, Tshilenge
Sub-basin area
117,1km²
Upstream area
12 544,6km²
Discharge
138,94m³/s
Mean elev.
611m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Mbuji-Mayi316 km²
- Bassin de Movo209 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 102.7 km²88.1% of basin
- 13.9 km²11.9% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 distinct species · 7 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°
25,1°C
Annual rain
1 486mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,18
Runoff
423mm/an
PET
1 809mm
AET
1 257mm
Mean slope
2,1°
Water table
100cm
Forest
4%
Crops
4%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)