HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081329680
Bassin de Luapula
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 across 2 countries : Kasenga, Nchelenge
Sub-basin area
100,7km²
Upstream area
3 246,5km²
Discharge
24,17m³/s
Mean elev.
926m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #1081330520273 km²
- Bassin · #108133039061 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 99.4 km²99.1% of basin
- 0.9 km²0.9% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
17 distinct species · 35 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°
22,9°C
Annual rain
1 064mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,39
Runoff
132mm/an
PET
1 752mm
AET
898mm
Mean slope
0,0°
Water table
4cm
Forest
36%
Crops
2%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)