HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081333530
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
178,7km²
Upstream area
10 846,5km²
Discharge
101,85m³/s
Mean elev.
1 235m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Luchewe713 km²
- Bassin de Kalungu295 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 137.8 km²77.4% of basin
- 40.2 km²22.6% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 2 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°
21,6°C
Annual rain
1 089mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,31
Runoff
226mm/an
PET
1 586mm
AET
843mm
Mean slope
1,2°
Water table
89cm
Forest
16%
Crops
4%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)