HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081303290
Bassin de Kasaï
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 across 2 countries : Cambulo, Kapanga, Saurimo
Sub-basin area
483,9km²
Upstream area
36 540,5km²
Discharge
251,7m³/s
Mean elev.
860m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #1081306350372 km²
- Bassin de Kasaï47 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 265.5 km²55.1% of basin
- 213.8 km²44.4% of basin
- 2.5 km²0.5% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 distinct species · 3 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°
23,6°C
Annual rain
1 461mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,21
Runoff
203mm/an
PET
1 843mm
AET
1 221mm
Mean slope
2,2°
Water table
226cm
Forest
94%
Crops
16%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)