HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081331270
Bassin de Lungesi
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
45km²
Upstream area
1 047,6km²
Discharge
5,97m³/s
Mean elev.
951m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Kabinda798 km²
- Bassin de Lungesi204 km²
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 44.8 km²100.0% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Lubudi Sampwe
IUCN IVHunting Area
44.84 km² overlap
Bassin de la Lufira
IUCN IIWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
44.84 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
0 distinct species · 0 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°
22,5°C
Annual rain
874mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,51
Runoff
202mm/an
PET
1 794mm
AET
739mm
Mean slope
0,2°
Water table
52cm
Forest
0%
Crops
2%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)