HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081305120
Bassin de Lufira
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 : Bukama, Malemba-Nkulu
Sub-basin area
708,6km²
Upstream area
126 904,6km²
Discharge
700,46m³/s
Mean elev.
569m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Lwalaba1522 km²
- Bassin de Lufira853 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 595.5 km²84.4% of basin
- 110.1 km²15.6% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Bassin de la Lufira
IUCN IIWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
651.22 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
34 distinct species · 79 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°
25,0°C
Annual rain
960mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,48
Runoff
171mm/an
PET
1 836mm
AET
811mm
Mean slope
0,3°
Water table
37cm
Forest
8%
Crops
5%
Urban
2%
Protected
2%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)