HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081400290
Bassin de Dongwe
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 3 administrative regions : Kabompo, Lukulu, Mufumbwe
Sub-basin area
165,8km²
Upstream area
18 283,2km²
Discharge
111,14m³/s
Mean elev.
1 128m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Kamweji864 km²
- Bassin de Dongwe819 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 86.2 km²52.2% of basin
- 78.8 km²47.7% of basin
- 0.1 km²0.1% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 7 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°
21,4°C
Annual rain
1 021mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,44
Runoff
120mm/an
PET
1 840mm
AET
862mm
Mean slope
1,3°
Water table
312cm
Forest
100%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
40%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)