HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081284990
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 4 administrative regions across 2 countries : Cambulo, Kamonia, Kapanga, Luiza
Sub-basin area
1 794,6km²
Upstream area
40 655,9km²
Discharge
284,23m³/s
Mean elev.
793m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Kasaï801 km²
- Bassin de Kasaï333 km²
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 722.1 km²40.4% of basin
- 670.8 km²37.5% of basin
- 234.1 km²13.1% of basin
- 159.9 km²9.0% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
61 distinct species · 93 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 4 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 de Kasaï : 4 espèces + 0 bulles famille, 2 interactions GloBI documentées sur 2 types (connectance 33.3%, filtre Serrano α=0.2).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
23,9°C
Annual rain
1 508mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,16
Runoff
251mm/an
PET
1 797mm
AET
1 261mm
Mean slope
2,6°
Water table
181cm
Forest
94%
Crops
12%
Urban
2%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)