HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081284960
Bassin de Kasaï
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 : Kazumba, Luiza
Sub-basin area
54,8km²
Upstream area
13 000,1km²
Discharge
77,55m³/s
Mean elev.
721m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Kaungej1661 km²
- Bassin de Kapelekese263 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 45.3 km²83.1% of basin
- 9.2 km²16.9% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 2 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 540mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,14
Runoff
229mm/an
PET
1 784mm
AET
1 285mm
Mean slope
2,2°
Water table
111cm
Forest
68%
Crops
4%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)