HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081235260
Bassin de Lwange
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 : Idiofa, Ilebo
Sub-basin area
443,9km²
Upstream area
41 799,5km²
Discharge
433,27m³/s
Mean elev.
460m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Lwange3498 km²
- Bassin de Lwange244 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 259.0 km²58.6% of basin
- 183.0 km²41.4% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
10 distinct species · 11 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°
25,0°C
Annual rain
1 644mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,01
Runoff
279mm/an
PET
1 652mm
AET
1 336mm
Mean slope
5,5°
Water table
296cm
Forest
93%
Crops
0%
Urban
1%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)