HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081263660
Bassin de Lubishi
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 : Kimvula, Maquela do Zombo, Popokabaka
Sub-basin area
2 021,9km²
Upstream area
2 022km²
Discharge
27,03m³/s
Mean elev.
646m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1106.6 km²55.0% of basin
- 891.7 km²44.3% of basin
- Maquela do ZomboUíge · Angola14.9 km²0.7% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
101 distinct species · 146 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°
23,8°C
Annual rain
1 549mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,08
Runoff
421mm/an
PET
1 685mm
AET
1 260mm
Mean slope
7,2°
Water table
384cm
Forest
77%
Crops
7%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)