HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081302760
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
770,9km²
Upstream area
771km²
Discharge
5,26m³/s
Mean elev.
838m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 767.4 km²100.0% of basin
- 0.2 km²0.0% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Bassin de la Lufira
IUCN IIWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
17.59 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
32 distinct species · 33 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°
23,7°C
Annual rain
1 126mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,36
Runoff
218mm/an
PET
1 753mm
AET
950mm
Mean slope
2,8°
Water table
272cm
Forest
80%
Crops
17%
Urban
1%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)