HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081273440
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 3 administrative regions : Kamiji, Miabi, Tshilenge
Sub-basin area
316km²
Upstream area
12 218,9km²
Discharge
134,68m³/s
Mean elev.
680m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Mbuji-Mayi342 km²
- Bassin de Mukwaya213 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 164.0 km²52.1% of basin
- 149.9 km²47.6% of basin
- 0.8 km²0.3% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 distinct species · 3 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 518mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,15
Runoff
430mm/an
PET
1 786mm
AET
1 283mm
Mean slope
2,4°
Water table
129cm
Forest
37%
Crops
4%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)