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
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1128.8 km²68.6% of basin
- 515.4 km²31.3% of basin
- 0.1 km²0.0% of basin
9 intersecting protected areas
Lunzua
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
166.63 km² overlap
Lungu
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
97.28 km² overlap
Forest Reserve Name Unknown (ZMB) No.5
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
54.25 km² overlap
Mpulungu
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
41.26 km² overlap
Forest Reserve Name Unknown (ZMB) No.3
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
22.68 km² overlap
Forest Reserve Name Unknown (ZMB) No.4
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
18.51 km² overlap
Forest Reserve Name Unknown (ZMB) No.6
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
13.97 km² overlap
Chambezi Flats
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
3.38 km² overlap
Kasisi Gorge
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
0.18 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 330 distinct species · 4 404 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 26 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Bassin de Lunzua : 24 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 21 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 6.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 3 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
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)