HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081282310
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
125,9km²
Upstream area
13 437,2km²
Discharge
168,34m³/s
Mean elev.
857m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Kangulungu1337 km²
- Bassin de Lwange925 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 98.3 km²78.4% of basin
- Chitato27.0 km²21.6% 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 615mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,07
Runoff
392mm/an
PET
1 746mm
AET
1 299mm
Mean slope
4,6°
Water table
328cm
Forest
95%
Crops
9%
Urban
1%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)