HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081295710
Bassin de Kaungej
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 : Kapanga, Luiza
Sub-basin area
315,1km²
Upstream area
5 959,3km²
Discharge
31,42m³/s
Mean elev.
890m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Kaungej1649 km²
- Bassin de Lumpane530 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 250.1 km²79.7% of basin
- 63.6 km²20.3% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 1 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°
23,3°C
Annual rain
1 521mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,15
Runoff
228mm/an
PET
1 784mm
AET
1 247mm
Mean slope
1,7°
Water table
148cm
Forest
87%
Crops
9%
Urban
1%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)