HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081284600
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 3 administrative regions across 2 countries : Chitato, Cuilo, Kahemba
Sub-basin area
925,4km²
Upstream area
11 974,6km²
Discharge
148,31m³/s
Mean elev.
933m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #1081291570228 km²
- Bassin de Lwange154 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Cuilo547.9 km²59.5% of basin
- Chitato373.6 km²40.5% of basin
- 0.0 km²0.0% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 distinct species · 2 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°
22,7°C
Annual rain
1 612mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,08
Runoff
384mm/an
PET
1 757mm
AET
1 290mm
Mean slope
2,3°
Water table
275cm
Forest
95%
Crops
8%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)