HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081311470
Bassin · #1081311470
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 1 administrative regions : Bukama
Sub-basin area
327,4km²
Upstream area
327,4km²
Discharge
1,22m³/s
Mean elev.
625m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 326.0 km²100.0% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Upemba
IUCN IINational Park
326.03 km² overlap
Bassin de la Lufira
IUCN IIWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
326.03 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
63 distinct species · 105 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°
24,7°C
Annual rain
932mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,49
Runoff
107mm/an
PET
1 830mm
AET
787mm
Mean slope
1,2°
Water table
167cm
Forest
61%
Crops
5%
Urban
1%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)