HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081323170
Bassin de Lwachimo
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 : Muconda, Saurimo
Sub-basin area
394,9km²
Upstream area
8 686,2km²
Discharge
83,43m³/s
Mean elev.
1 038m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Lwachimo1974 km²
- Bassin de Lwachimo23 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 268.0 km²68.1% of basin
- 125.3 km²31.9% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
0 distinct species · 0 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°
22,3°C
Annual rain
1 412mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,25
Runoff
261mm/an
PET
1 888mm
AET
1 169mm
Mean slope
1,9°
Water table
257cm
Forest
81%
Crops
9%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)