HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081331900
Bassin de Lufira
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 : Kasenga, Mitwaba
Sub-basin area
416,6km²
Upstream area
23 993,2km²
Discharge
146,29m³/s
Mean elev.
933m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Bunkeya1556 km²
- Bassin de Lufira563 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 414.0 km²99.8% of basin
- 0.8 km²0.2% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Bassin de la Lufira
IUCN IIWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
414.88 km² overlap
Kundelungu
IUCN IINational Park
359.37 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
21 distinct species · 48 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°
22,7°C
Annual rain
896mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,50
Runoff
342mm/an
PET
1 802mm
AET
756mm
Mean slope
1,0°
Water table
78cm
Forest
19%
Crops
4%
Urban
0%
Protected
90%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)