HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081337730
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 : Lubudi, Mutshatsha
Sub-basin area
385,2km²
Upstream area
18 300,3km²
Discharge
137,58m³/s
Mean elev.
1 286m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Musonoi722 km²
- Bassin de Lwalaba189 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 352.6 km²91.9% of basin
- 31.1 km²8.1% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
17 distinct species · 24 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°
20,9°C
Annual rain
1 159mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,31
Runoff
224mm/an
PET
1 689mm
AET
956mm
Mean slope
8,0°
Water table
421cm
Forest
96%
Crops
5%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)