HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081295310
Bassin de Lwachimo
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 : Chitato, Lucapa
Sub-basin area
1 184,7km²
Upstream area
15 906,3km²
Discharge
147,41m³/s
Mean elev.
805m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Lwachimo598 km²
- Bassin de Lwachimo244 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Lucapa707.8 km²60.0% of basin
- Chitato472.0 km²40.0% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
11 distinct species · 13 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°
23,9°C
Annual rain
1 491mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,19
Runoff
279mm/an
PET
1 851mm
AET
1 251mm
Mean slope
1,8°
Water table
285cm
Forest
97%
Crops
6%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)