HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081325710
Bassin de Luangwa
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 : Lunte District, Mpulungu
Sub-basin area
222,4km²
Upstream area
222,4km²
Discharge
2,4m³/s
Mean elev.
1 518m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 188.7 km²85.2% of basin
- 32.8 km²14.8% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 distinct species · 3 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°
20,0°C
Annual rain
1 316mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,17
Runoff
339mm/an
PET
1 586mm
AET
940mm
Mean slope
1,3°
Water table
150cm
Forest
95%
Crops
18%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)