HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081314770
Bassin · #1081314770
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 across 2 countries : Chiengi, Pweto
Sub-basin area
82,7km²
Upstream area
210 152,8km²
Discharge
1 501,84m³/s
Mean elev.
921m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Mwansamila2290 km²
- Bassin · #108131593019 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 42.1 km²51.1% of basin
- 40.3 km²48.9% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 1 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°
23,5°C
Annual rain
1 079mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,38
Runoff
36mm/an
PET
1 734mm
AET
911mm
Mean slope
0,0°
Water table
1cm
Forest
0%
Crops
12%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)