HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081331830
Bassin de Kalungu
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 : Chinsali, Mungwi
Sub-basin area
295,3km²
Upstream area
9 955km²
Discharge
94,96m³/s
Mean elev.
1 237m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Luchewe592 km²
- Bassin de Kalungu57 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 190.0 km²64.6% of basin
- 104.1 km²35.4% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
29 distinct species · 89 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°
21,7°C
Annual rain
1 063mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,33
Runoff
236mm/an
PET
1 582mm
AET
835mm
Mean slope
1,0°
Water table
73cm
Forest
12%
Crops
4%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)