Ontologia

HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081303770

Bassin de Kalumengongo

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 : Malemba-Nkulu, Mitwaba

Pfafstetter: 13294205

Sub-basin area

2 522km²

Upstream area

5 622,2km²

Discharge

52,37m³/s

Mean elev.

1 268m

Administrative coverage

Hydrographic chain

▼ Drains into

Bassin de Kalumengongo1313 km²

▲ Receives from 2 basins

2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)

2 intersecting protected areas

  • Bassin de la Lufira

    IUCN II

    Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)

    495.68 km² overlap

  • Upemba

    IUCN II

    National Park

    183.86 km² overlap

Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.

Species present

91 distinct species · 129 observations

Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.

Densité d'observations

129 obs · 18 cellules
Obs. / cellule
≥ 50
33–49
5–32
2–4
< 2

Source : GBIF — observations agrégées par hexagones 0.027° × 0.027° (~22km), filtre précision coordonnée < 10 km. Fond carte : OpenFreeMap · © OpenStreetMap.

Ecological tissue

Not enough documented interactions to build a meaningful graph for this territory.

Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)

Mean T°

21,7°C

Annual rain

1 128mm

Moisture idx (CMI)

-0,30

Runoff

235mm/an

PET

1 628mm

AET

942mm

Mean slope

6,3°

Water table

453cm

Forest

98%

Crops

4%

Urban

0%

Protected

11%

HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)