HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081329940
Bassin de Lusele
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
618,6km²
Upstream area
618,7km²
Discharge
3,39m³/s
Mean elev.
1 227m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 616.1 km²100.0% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Bassin de la Lufira
IUCN IIWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
616.08 km² overlap
Lubudi Sampwe
IUCN IVHunting Area
572.11 km² overlap
Upemba
IUCN IINational Park
43.96 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°
21,3°C
Annual rain
986mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,41
Runoff
175mm/an
PET
1 697mm
AET
826mm
Mean slope
3,0°
Water table
343cm
Forest
67%
Crops
15%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)