HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081305100
Bassin de Lwalaba
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 1 administrative regions : Bukama
Sub-basin area
1 522km²
Upstream area
73 245,6km²
Discharge
422,77m³/s
Mean elev.
637m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Lwalaba930 km²
- Bassin de Lwalaba241 km²
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1515.6 km²100.0% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Bassin de la Lufira
IUCN IIWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
1337.64 km² overlap
Upemba
IUCN IINational Park
325.76 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
147 distinct species · 285 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 16 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 Lwalaba : 12 espèces reliées par 15 interactions GloBI sur 1 type (connectance 12.5%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 4 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°
24,7°C
Annual rain
1 010mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,44
Runoff
143mm/an
PET
1 816mm
AET
853mm
Mean slope
1,5°
Water table
137cm
Forest
36%
Crops
8%
Urban
1%
Protected
16%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)