HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081314150
Bassin de Lwamukuna
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 : Kamina, Kaniama, Sandoa
Sub-basin area
599,7km²
Upstream area
599,9km²
Discharge
7,21m³/s
Mean elev.
1 033m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 500.9 km²83.9% of basin
- 70.4 km²11.8% of basin
- 25.9 km²4.3% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
15 distinct species · 17 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°
22,7°C
Annual rain
1 413mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,19
Runoff
373mm/an
PET
1 741mm
AET
1 115mm
Mean slope
1,8°
Water table
186cm
Forest
46%
Crops
13%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)