HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081312660
Bassin de Lufira
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 : Bukama, Malemba-Nkulu, Mitwaba
Sub-basin area
838,9km²
Upstream area
51 206,8km²
Discharge
322,19m³/s
Mean elev.
799m
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°
23,8°C
Annual rain
934mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,48
Runoff
149mm/an
PET
1 789mm
AET
788mm
Mean slope
5,5°
Water table
382cm
Forest
94%
Crops
6%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)