HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081333800
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
563,2km²
Upstream area
22 020,3km²
Discharge
130,61m³/s
Mean elev.
980m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Disubwe917 km²
- Bassin de Lufira427 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 479.9 km²85.6% of basin
- 81.0 km²14.4% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Bassin de la Lufira
IUCN IIWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
560.95 km² overlap
Kundelungu
IUCN IINational Park
388.83 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
11 distinct species · 15 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°
22,3°C
Annual rain
945mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,47
Runoff
339mm/an
PET
1 787mm
AET
796mm
Mean slope
2,0°
Water table
128cm
Forest
43%
Crops
8%
Urban
0%
Protected
77%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)