HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081295720
Bassin de Mbuji-Mayi
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 : Kapanga, Luilu, Luiza
Sub-basin area
483,9km²
Upstream area
6 721km²
Discharge
55,29m³/s
Mean elev.
920m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Mbuji-Mayi2592 km²
- Bassin de Kasidiji61 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 223.6 km²46.4% of basin
- 153.6 km²31.9% of basin
- 104.6 km²21.7% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
4 distinct species · 6 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°
23,1°C
Annual rain
1 559mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,11
Runoff
313mm/an
PET
1 758mm
AET
1 240mm
Mean slope
1,6°
Water table
132cm
Forest
99%
Crops
16%
Urban
2%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)