HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081319920
Bassin · #1081319920
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 : Mitwaba
Sub-basin area
593,8km²
Upstream area
593,8km²
Discharge
3,44m³/s
Mean elev.
1 480m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 591.4 km²100.0% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Bassin de la Lufira
IUCN IIWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
591.37 km² overlap
Upemba
IUCN IINational Park
537.12 km² overlap
Lubudi Sampwe
IUCN IVHunting Area
32.42 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
107 distinct species · 150 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°
20,4°C
Annual rain
1 124mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,29
Runoff
183mm/an
PET
1 591mm
AET
911mm
Mean slope
7,3°
Water table
410cm
Forest
60%
Crops
12%
Urban
0%
Protected
93%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)