HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081305200
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 3 administrative regions : Bukama, Malemba-Nkulu, Mitwaba
Sub-basin area
853,2km²
Upstream area
52 950,5km²
Discharge
304,79m³/s
Mean elev.
621m
Administrative coverage
Species present
Ecological tissue
Graphe en cours d’indexation
Calcul du tissu écologique de cette entité.
Le graphe apparaîtra automatiquement dès que le calcul est terminé (rafraîchissement toutes les 2s).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
24,7°C
Annual rain
942mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,48
Runoff
163mm/an
PET
1 828mm
AET
795mm
Mean slope
1,7°
Water table
141cm
Forest
43%
Crops
4%
Urban
1%
Protected
81%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)