HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081268000
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
376,9km²
Upstream area
30 542,8km²
Discharge
340,68m³/s
Mean elev.
590m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Lushiko2281 km²
- Bassin de Lwange2060 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 271.5 km²72.4% of basin
- 103.7 km²27.6% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
8 distinct species · 12 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°
24,2°C
Annual rain
1 578mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,08
Runoff
352mm/an
PET
1 724mm
AET
1 312mm
Mean slope
5,0°
Water table
281cm
Forest
61%
Crops
6%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)