HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081354720
Bassin de Lualaba
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 : Kambove, Mutshatsha
Sub-basin area
664,1km²
Upstream area
7 631,1km²
Discharge
53,02m³/s
Mean elev.
1 386m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Lukanga1721 km²
- Bassin de Lualaba111 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 639.0 km²96.6% of basin
- 22.5 km²3.4% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
15 distinct species · 18 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°
20,0°C
Annual rain
1 232mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,27
Runoff
268mm/an
PET
1 692mm
AET
967mm
Mean slope
1,8°
Water table
172cm
Forest
100%
Crops
6%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)