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
Species present
Ecological tissue
Graphe en cours d’indexation
Calcul du tissu écologique de cette entité.
Le graphe apparaîtra automatiquement dès que le calcul est terminé (rafraîchissement toutes les 2s).
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)