HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081307910
Bassin de Lufu
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 : Kaniama, Kapanga, Sandoa
Sub-basin area
2 138,2km²
Upstream area
2 139km²
Discharge
18,43m³/s
Mean elev.
1 074m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1574.5 km²73.9% of basin
- 537.4 km²25.2% of basin
- 17.5 km²0.8% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
12 distinct species · 12 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°
22,5°C
Annual rain
1 440mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,18
Runoff
262mm/an
PET
1 766mm
AET
1 146mm
Mean slope
1,3°
Water table
160cm
Forest
94%
Crops
20%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)