HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081280510
Bassin de Lwembe
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 : Kabongo, Kaniama, Ngandajika
Sub-basin area
1 313,2km²
Upstream area
9 015,3km²
Discharge
121,11m³/s
Mean elev.
760m
Administrative coverage
Species present
Ecological tissue
Graphe en cours d’indexation
Calcul du tissu écologique de cette entité.
Le graphe apparaîtra automatiquement dès que le calcul est terminé (rafraîchissement toutes les 2s).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
24,1°C
Annual rain
1 260mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,29
Runoff
388mm/an
PET
1 769mm
AET
1 065mm
Mean slope
2,5°
Water table
164cm
Forest
80%
Crops
16%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)