HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081296610
Bassin de Lushiko
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 4 administrative regions : Cuilo, Lubalo, Lucapa, Saurimo
Sub-basin area
2 925,5km²
Upstream area
2 925,9km²
Discharge
33,75m³/s
Mean elev.
1 033m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Cuilo1755.5 km²60.3% of basin
- Lucapa974.5 km²33.5% of basin
- Lubalo117.4 km²4.0% of basin
- 65.9 km²2.3% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
147 distinct species · 182 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 8 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Bassin de Lushiko : 6 espèces reliées par 8 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 28.6%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 2 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
22,3°C
Annual rain
1 466mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,20
Runoff
359mm/an
PET
1 824mm
AET
1 214mm
Mean slope
1,0°
Water table
197cm
Forest
76%
Crops
6%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)