HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081299530
Bassin de Luvua
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 : Moba, Pweto
Sub-basin area
231km²
Upstream area
235 425,3km²
Discharge
1 486,86m³/s
Mean elev.
956m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Djilenda284 km²
- Bassin de Luvua42 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 140.8 km²61.2% of basin
- 89.2 km²38.8% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
12 distinct species · 13 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°
23,5°C
Annual rain
998mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,41
Runoff
156mm/an
PET
1 708mm
AET
843mm
Mean slope
4,9°
Water table
399cm
Forest
79%
Crops
15%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)