HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081326280
Bassin de Luvilombo
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
140,5km²
Upstream area
3 259,3km²
Discharge
18,74m³/s
Mean elev.
950m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Luvilombo314 km²
- Bassin · #1081327930264 km²
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 139.9 km²100.0% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Lubudi Sampwe
IUCN IVHunting Area
139.95 km² overlap
Bassin de la Lufira
IUCN IIWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
139.95 km² overlap
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°
22,8°C
Annual rain
817mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,54
Runoff
226mm/an
PET
1 795mm
AET
690mm
Mean slope
1,1°
Water table
219cm
Forest
42%
Crops
7%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)