Ontologia

HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081319950

Bassin de Mofwe

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 : Kaputa, Nsama

61% lakePfafstetter: 13296021

Sub-basin area

1 165,9km²

Upstream area

12 283,5km²

Discharge

98,03m³/s

Mean elev.

1 023m

Administrative coverage

Hydrographic chain

▼ Drains into

Bassin de Mwansamila2290 km²

▲ Receives from 2 basins

2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)

3 intersecting protected areas

  • Mweru Wantipa

    IUCN II

    National Park

    292.48 km² overlap

  • Kaputa

    IUCN VI

    Game Management Area

    265.86 km² overlap

  • Kanonge

    IUCN Not Reported

    Forest Reserve

    248.22 km² overlap

Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.

Species present

39 distinct species · 74 observations

Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.

Densité d'observations

74 obs · 13 cellules
Obs. / cellule
≥ 23
17–22
6–16
4–5
< 4

Source : GBIF — observations agrégées par hexagones 0.027° × 0.027° (~22km), filtre précision coordonnée < 10 km. Fond carte : OpenFreeMap · © OpenStreetMap.

Ecological tissue

Not enough documented interactions to build a meaningful graph for this territory.

Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)

Mean T°

23,2°C

Annual rain

1 128mm

Moisture idx (CMI)

-0,34

Runoff

83mm/an

PET

1 716mm

AET

952mm

Mean slope

1,4°

Water table

187cm

Forest

79%

Crops

14%

Urban

0%

Protected

38%

HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)