HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081322180
Bassin de Luapula
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 4 administrative regions across 2 countries : Kasenga, Mwansabombwe, Nchelenge, Pweto
Sub-basin area
856,7km²
Upstream area
173 708,9km²
Discharge
1 320,45m³/s
Mean elev.
933m
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°
23,0°C
Annual rain
1 067mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,39
Runoff
102mm/an
PET
1 744mm
AET
901mm
Mean slope
0,1°
Water table
30cm
Forest
20%
Crops
4%
Urban
1%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)