HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081322260
Bassin · #1081322260
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 : Lubalo, Saurimo
Sub-basin area
1 650km²
Upstream area
1 650,1km²
Discharge
16,2m³/s
Mean elev.
1 137m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1015.4 km²61.8% of basin
- Lubalo627.9 km²38.2% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
7 distinct species · 9 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°
21,5°C
Annual rain
1 355mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,26
Runoff
307mm/an
PET
1 836mm
AET
1 135mm
Mean slope
0,9°
Water table
187cm
Forest
90%
Crops
7%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)