HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081302540
Bassin de Lovoi
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 : Bukama, Malemba-Nkulu
Sub-basin area
318,3km²
Upstream area
18 621,5km²
Discharge
187,01m³/s
Mean elev.
650m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Lovoi1120 km²
- Bassin de Lovoi213 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 208.3 km²65.7% of basin
- 108.7 km²34.3% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Bassin de la Lufira
IUCN IIWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
80.56 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
5 distinct species · 14 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°
24,5°C
Annual rain
1 013mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,44
Runoff
172mm/an
PET
1 808mm
AET
856mm
Mean slope
2,5°
Water table
272cm
Forest
71%
Crops
20%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)