HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081287720
Bassin de Lwalaba
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 : Malemba-Nkulu, Manono
Sub-basin area
2 188,9km²
Upstream area
161 879,2km²
Discharge
885,14m³/s
Mean elev.
648m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Lubumbu1343 km²
- Bassin de Lwalaba1320 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1939.8 km²89.0% of basin
- 239.8 km²11.0% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
137 distinct species · 247 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 11 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 Lwalaba : 10 espèces reliées par 9 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 16.4%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 1 bulle taxonomique (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°
24,7°C
Annual rain
1 052mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,43
Runoff
189mm/an
PET
1 831mm
AET
889mm
Mean slope
1,7°
Water table
188cm
Forest
82%
Crops
22%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)