HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081287810
Bassin de Lwilu
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 : Kapanga, Luilu
Sub-basin area
1 334,8km²
Upstream area
1 334,8km²
Discharge
16,52m³/s
Mean elev.
931m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1284.8 km²96.7% of basin
- 44.4 km²3.3% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
11 distinct species · 14 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°
23,1°C
Annual rain
1 620mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,07
Runoff
394mm/an
PET
1 737mm
AET
1 256mm
Mean slope
2,0°
Water table
140cm
Forest
81%
Crops
10%
Urban
4%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)