HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081304910
Bassin de Lwalaba
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
77,2km²
Upstream area
19 624,6km²
Discharge
185,82m³/s
Mean elev.
569m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #1081302550926 km²
- Bassin de Lovoi318 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 76.2 km²99.0% of basin
- 0.7 km²1.0% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Bassin de la Lufira
IUCN IIWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
76.90 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
6 distinct species · 8 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°
24,9°C
Annual rain
970mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,47
Runoff
189mm/an
PET
1 836mm
AET
820mm
Mean slope
0,1°
Water table
12cm
Forest
25%
Crops
3%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)