HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081276830
Bassin · #1081276830
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 across 2 countries : Lake Tanganyika, Moba
Sub-basin area
119,6km²
Upstream area
45 856,4km²
Discharge
266,83m³/s
Mean elev.
767m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #1081278250739 km²
- Bassin · #108127826013 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 90.2 km²75.8% of basin
- 28.8 km²24.2% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
12 distinct species · 12 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°
24,7°C
Annual rain
931mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,45
Runoff
60mm/an
PET
1 695mm
AET
786mm
Mean slope
0,0°
Water table
1cm
Forest
0%
Crops
7%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)