HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081283850
Bassin · #1081283850
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 across 2 countries : Lake Tanganyika, Moba, Nkasi
Sub-basin area
2 198,5km²
Upstream area
34 335,8km²
Discharge
218,29m³/s
Mean elev.
1 097m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #10812901202190 km²
- Bassin · #10812900601994 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1669.5 km²76.3% of basin
- 480.4 km²21.9% of basin
- 39.3 km²1.8% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
126 distinct species · 281 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 10 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Bassin · #1081283850 : 8 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 13 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 19.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 4 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
24,9°C
Annual rain
939mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,46
Runoff
100mm/an
PET
1 750mm
AET
785mm
Mean slope
4,6°
Water table
197cm
Forest
18%
Crops
2%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)