HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081287620
Bassin de Kai
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 : Malemba-Nkulu, Manono, Manono (ville)
Sub-basin area
1 142,7km²
Upstream area
1 142,7km²
Discharge
6,53m³/s
Mean elev.
655m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 912.8 km²80.2% of basin
- 204.6 km²18.0% of basin
- 20.5 km²1.8% 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°
24,9°C
Annual rain
1 100mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,40
Runoff
180mm/an
PET
1 848mm
AET
929mm
Mean slope
1,2°
Water table
176cm
Forest
96%
Crops
26%
Urban
1%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)