Ontologia

HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081331110

Bassin de Lufubu

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 3 administrative regions across 2 countries : Kasenga, Kawambwa, Mwansabombwe

50% lakePfafstetter: 13297153

Sub-basin area

672,8km²

Upstream area

168 257,3km²

Discharge

1 322,31m³/s

Mean elev.

1 082m

Administrative coverage

Hydrographic chain

▼ Drains into

Bassin de Mbereshi683 km²

▲ Receives from 2 basins

3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)

5 intersecting protected areas

  • Mubende

    IUCN Not Reported

    Forest Reserve

    160.46 km² overlap

  • Mbeleshi

    IUCN Not Reported

    Forest Reserve

    37.24 km² overlap

  • Kasila

    IUCN Not Reported

    Forest Reserve

    12.15 km² overlap

  • Kapweshi

    IUCN Not Reported

    Forest Reserve

    0.47 km² overlap

  • Lubulafita

    IUCN Not Reported

    Forest Reserve

    0.43 km² overlap

Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.

Species present

15 distinct species · 35 observations

Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.

Densité d'observations

35 obs · 8 cellules
Obs. / cellule
≥ 16
16–15
4–15
4–3
< 4

Source : GBIF — observations agrégées par hexagones 0.027° × 0.027° (~22km), filtre précision coordonnée < 10 km. Fond carte : OpenFreeMap · © OpenStreetMap.

Ecological tissue

Not enough documented interactions to build a meaningful graph for this territory.

Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)

Mean T°

22,0°C

Annual rain

1 159mm

Moisture idx (CMI)

-0,32

Runoff

99mm/an

PET

1 706mm

AET

940mm

Mean slope

1,3°

Water table

161cm

Forest

73%

Crops

6%

Urban

0%

Protected

31%

HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)