HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081326180
Bassin de Lufira
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 1 administrative regions : Mitwaba
Sub-basin area
27km²
Upstream area
42 744,6km²
Discharge
279,64m³/s
Mean elev.
907m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Dikuluwe1124 km²
- Bassin de Lufira988 km²
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 26.9 km²100.0% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Bassin de la Lufira
IUCN IIWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
26.94 km² overlap
Lubudi Sampwe
IUCN IVHunting Area
24.02 km² overlap
Kundelungu
IUCN IINational Park
2.91 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 distinct species · 6 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°
23,1°C
Annual rain
806mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,55
Runoff
230mm/an
PET
1 804mm
AET
680mm
Mean slope
0,7°
Water table
248cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
1%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)