HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081277810
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 : Kamiji, Luilu
Sub-basin area
5km²
Upstream area
11 168,9km²
Discharge
119,99m³/s
Mean elev.
720m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Mbuji-Mayi2146 km²
- Bassin · #1081278080363 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 3.5 km²70.7% of basin
- 1.5 km²29.3% 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 539mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,13
Runoff
456mm/an
PET
1 768mm
AET
1 291mm
Mean slope
1,9°
Water table
76cm
Forest
67%
Crops
3%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)