HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081331100
Bassin de Mutunda
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 : Lubudi, Mitwaba
Sub-basin area
794,1km²
Upstream area
794,6km²
Discharge
4,29m³/s
Mean elev.
1 247m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 786.9 km²99.5% of basin
- 3.9 km²0.5% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Bassin de la Lufira
IUCN IIWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
790.88 km² overlap
Lubudi Sampwe
IUCN IVHunting Area
588.06 km² overlap
Upemba
IUCN IINational Park
202.82 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 1 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°
21,1°C
Annual rain
1 016mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,39
Runoff
176mm/an
PET
1 690mm
AET
848mm
Mean slope
3,4°
Water table
358cm
Forest
63%
Crops
15%
Urban
1%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)