HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081309490
Bassin de Lwachimo
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 : Lucapa, Saurimo
Sub-basin area
2 309,2km²
Upstream area
11 505,2km²
Discharge
108,18m³/s
Mean elev.
960m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Lwachimo510 km²
- Bassin de Lwachimo395 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1444.1 km²62.8% of basin
- Lucapa855.5 km²37.2% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
14 distinct species · 19 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°
22,8°C
Annual rain
1 432mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,24
Runoff
266mm/an
PET
1 881mm
AET
1 192mm
Mean slope
2,1°
Water table
262cm
Forest
87%
Crops
7%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)