HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081266780
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, Kamonia
Sub-basin area
321,7km²
Upstream area
31 066,1km²
Discharge
344,9m³/s
Mean elev.
592m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Lwange377 km²
- Bassin de Lwange202 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 183.5 km²57.3% of basin
- 136.9 km²42.7% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
4 distinct species · 4 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°
24,3°C
Annual rain
1 578mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,08
Runoff
336mm/an
PET
1 722mm
AET
1 312mm
Mean slope
4,0°
Water table
270cm
Forest
39%
Crops
4%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)