HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081327930
Bassin · #1081327930
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
263,6km²
Upstream area
263,6km²
Discharge
1,62m³/s
Mean elev.
1 052m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 262.5 km²100.0% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Lubudi Sampwe
IUCN IVHunting Area
262.54 km² overlap
Bassin de la Lufira
IUCN IIWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
262.54 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 5 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
880mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,50
Runoff
195mm/an
PET
1 757mm
AET
744mm
Mean slope
2,1°
Water table
246cm
Forest
36%
Crops
11%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)