HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081330690
Bassin de Gulungu
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 : Bukama, Lubudi
Sub-basin area
508,6km²
Upstream area
508,6km²
Discharge
2,84m³/s
Mean elev.
1 491m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 445.0 km²87.9% of basin
- 61.5 km²12.1% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Bassin de la Lufira
IUCN IIWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
408.77 km² overlap
Upemba
IUCN IINational Park
408.77 km² overlap
Bena Mulumbu
IUCN IVHunting Area
97.76 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
21 distinct species · 27 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°
19,7°C
Annual rain
1 166mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,27
Runoff
191mm/an
PET
1 608mm
AET
942mm
Mean slope
3,1°
Water table
368cm
Forest
100%
Crops
11%
Urban
0%
Protected
68%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)