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
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°
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)