HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081311970
Bassin de Lunzua
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 across 2 countries : Lake Tanganyika, Mbala, Mpulungu
Sub-basin area
1 651,2km²
Upstream area
1 651,2km²
Discharge
17,28m³/s
Mean elev.
1 436m
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°
20,4°C
Annual rain
1 165mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,26
Runoff
338mm/an
PET
1 585mm
AET
893mm
Mean slope
3,5°
Water table
227cm
Forest
79%
Crops
14%
Urban
2%
Protected
28%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)