HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081323150
Bassin de Chambeshi
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 : Mbala, Senga Hill
Sub-basin area
466,2km²
Upstream area
466,2km²
Discharge
4,92m³/s
Mean elev.
1 596m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 421.7 km²90.8% of basin
- 42.5 km²9.2% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Chambezi Flats
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
174.96 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
19 distinct species · 27 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°
19,0°C
Annual rain
1 182mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,22
Runoff
336mm/an
PET
1 525mm
AET
878mm
Mean slope
2,5°
Water table
204cm
Forest
99%
Crops
20%
Urban
0%
Protected
38%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)