HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081295730
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
343,5km²
Upstream area
343,5km²
Discharge
3,58m³/s
Mean elev.
946m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 335.3 km²98.0% of basin
- 6.0 km²1.8% of basin
- 0.8 km²0.2% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
5 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°
23,0°C
Annual rain
1 580mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,09
Runoff
328mm/an
PET
1 745mm
AET
1 239mm
Mean slope
2,0°
Water table
153cm
Forest
96%
Crops
15%
Urban
6%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)