HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081474600
Bassin de Mpuku
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 across 2 countries : Cuangar, Kahenge, Kapako
Sub-basin area
457,7km²
Upstream area
4 392km²
Discharge
3,33m³/s
Mean elev.
1 140m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #1081480750263 km²
- Bassin · #1081480760159 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 364.1 km²79.8% of basin
- 92.0 km²20.2% of basin
- Cuangar0.1 km²0.0% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Maurus Nekaro
IUCN Not ReportedCommunal Conservancy
338.84 km² overlap
Katope
IUCN Not ReportedCommunity Forest
50.79 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
88 distinct species · 172 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 13 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 Mpuku : 12 espèces + 1 bulle famille, 7 interactions GloBI documentées sur 3 types (connectance 9.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). Les 1 bulle regroupe des espèces visuellement absorbées par famille (≥3 espèces visibles).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
22,4°C
Annual rain
541mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,71
Runoff
21mm/an
PET
1 885mm
AET
456mm
Mean slope
0,5°
Water table
130cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
11%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)