HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081309680
Bassin de Lwiza
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 : Kapanga, Sandoa
Sub-basin area
971,5km²
Upstream area
971,8km²
Discharge
5,88m³/s
Mean elev.
1 071m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 692.4 km²71.6% of basin
- 275.0 km²28.4% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
377 distinct species · 1 736 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°
22,6°C
Annual rain
1 433mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,21
Runoff
193mm/an
PET
1 804mm
AET
1 167mm
Mean slope
1,3°
Water table
232cm
Forest
97%
Crops
7%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)