HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081321070
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, Kamina
Sub-basin area
1 179,1km²
Upstream area
33 045,6km²
Discharge
227,88m³/s
Mean elev.
771m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Lwalaba713 km²
- Bassin de Kalule234 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 839.5 km²71.5% of basin
- 334.7 km²28.5% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Bena Mulumbu
IUCN IVHunting Area
357.94 km² overlap
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°
23,9°C
Annual rain
1 115mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,38
Runoff
180mm/an
PET
1 800mm
AET
939mm
Mean slope
2,5°
Water table
230cm
Forest
96%
Crops
12%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)