HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081290620
Bassin de Lukushi
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
338,5km²
Upstream area
3 404,3km²
Discharge
16,46m³/s
Mean elev.
683m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Luvinza1382 km²
- Bassin de Lukushi745 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 244.0 km²72.4% of basin
- 93.0 km²27.6% 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 111mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,40
Runoff
143mm/an
PET
1 839mm
AET
938mm
Mean slope
1,5°
Water table
210cm
Forest
98%
Crops
17%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)