HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081306430
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 2 administrative regions across 2 countries : Kapanga, Saurimo
Sub-basin area
47,1km²
Upstream area
35 684,4km²
Discharge
246,29m³/s
Mean elev.
814m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Kasaï934 km²
- Bassin de Kasangeshi2 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 27.8 km²59.1% of basin
- 19.2 km²40.9% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
0 distinct species · 0 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Graphe en cours d’indexation
Calcul du tissu écologique de cette entité.
Le graphe apparaîtra automatiquement dès que le calcul est terminé (rafraîchissement toutes les 2s).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
23,8°C
Annual rain
1 434mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,23
Runoff
191mm/an
PET
1 864mm
AET
1 208mm
Mean slope
1,3°
Water table
108cm
Forest
94%
Crops
19%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)