HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081275610
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, Luilu, Tshilenge
Sub-basin area
342km²
Upstream area
11 689,6km²
Discharge
127,41m³/s
Mean elev.
720m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Mbuji-Mayi179 km²
- Bassin de Mbuji-Mayi5 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 168.0 km²49.3% of basin
- 135.5 km²39.8% of basin
- 37.0 km²10.9% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
0 distinct species · 0 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°
24,2°C
Annual rain
1 534mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,13
Runoff
447mm/an
PET
1 771mm
AET
1 289mm
Mean slope
2,3°
Water table
141cm
Forest
57%
Crops
3%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)