HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081282130
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 across 2 countries : Chitato, Kahemba
Sub-basin area
222,7km²
Upstream area
222,9km²
Discharge
2,56m³/s
Mean elev.
886m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 119.5 km²53.9% of basin
- Chitato102.2 km²46.1% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
0 distinct species · 0 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°
22,9°C
Annual rain
1 626mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,07
Runoff
362mm/an
PET
1 741mm
AET
1 299mm
Mean slope
2,4°
Water table
236cm
Forest
97%
Crops
13%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)