HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081279390
Bassin de Lushiko
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 5 administrative regions across 2 countries : Chitato, Cuilo, Kahemba, Kamonia, Lucapa
Sub-basin area
3 345,3km²
Upstream area
11 221,7km²
Discharge
108,54m³/s
Mean elev.
778m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Lushiko2926 km²
- Bassin de Luele1290 km²
5 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Chitato1985.6 km²59.6% of basin
- 668.8 km²20.1% of basin
- Cuilo344.0 km²10.3% of basin
- 310.4 km²9.3% of basin
- Lucapa22.2 km²0.7% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
73 distinct species · 85 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°
23,6°C
Annual rain
1 573mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,12
Runoff
318mm/an
PET
1 789mm
AET
1 292mm
Mean slope
3,8°
Water table
286cm
Forest
96%
Crops
9%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)