HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081348120
Bassin de Kasenga
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 4 administrative regions across 2 countries : Kasenga, Kipushi, Mansa, Mwense
Sub-basin area
392,9km²
Upstream area
149 877,1km²
Discharge
1 202,92m³/s
Mean elev.
1 125m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Kibalashi1908 km²
- Bassin de Luapula23 km²
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 222.0 km²56.7% of basin
- 96.3 km²24.6% of basin
- 64.7 km²16.5% of basin
- 8.3 km²2.1% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Chimimba Hills
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
74.44 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
85 distinct species · 122 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 11 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Bassin de Kasenga : 10 espèces reliées par 7 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 12.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 1 bulle taxonomique (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
21,0°C
Annual rain
1 129mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,35
Runoff
141mm/an
PET
1 746mm
AET
907mm
Mean slope
1,9°
Water table
199cm
Forest
84%
Crops
16%
Urban
0%
Protected
19%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)