HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081259450
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 : Gungu, Ilebo
Sub-basin area
288km²
Upstream area
36 441,4km²
Discharge
390,47m³/s
Mean elev.
546m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Lwange473 km²
- Bassin de Lwange109 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 175.8 km²61.3% of basin
- 110.9 km²38.7% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Mangai
IUCN VINature reserve
106.65 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
0 distinct species · 0 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°
24,7°C
Annual rain
1 568mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,09
Runoff
251mm/an
PET
1 717mm
AET
1 312mm
Mean slope
3,9°
Water table
277cm
Forest
66%
Crops
7%
Urban
1%
Protected
37%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)