HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081401930
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 2 administrative regions : Kabompo, Lukulu
Sub-basin area
1 145,3km²
Upstream area
21 004,8km²
Discharge
119,84m³/s
Mean elev.
1 127m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Chifuwe1576 km²
- Bassin de Dongwe166 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 885.8 km²77.6% of basin
- 255.2 km²22.4% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 distinct species · 66 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°
21,6°C
Annual rain
1 010mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,46
Runoff
115mm/an
PET
1 866mm
AET
853mm
Mean slope
0,9°
Water table
217cm
Forest
100%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
56%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)