HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081316280
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 : Sandoa, Saurimo
Sub-basin area
1 173,1km²
Upstream area
1 173,3km²
Discharge
7,02m³/s
Mean elev.
1 036m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1167.8 km²100.0% of basin
- 0.5 km²0.0% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Réserve intégrale de chasse des Alunda et des Tutshokwe
IUCN Not ReportedStrict Hunting Reserve
245.27 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 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°
22,8°C
Annual rain
1 414mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,25
Runoff
189mm/an
PET
1 874mm
AET
1 168mm
Mean slope
1,7°
Water table
271cm
Forest
86%
Crops
14%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)