HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081336990
Bassin de Luangwa
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 : Isoka, Mafinga
Sub-basin area
602km²
Upstream area
2 487,6km²
Discharge
21,35m³/s
Mean elev.
1 070m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Isalala963 km²
- Bassin de Luangwa923 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 355.2 km²59.2% of basin
- 244.3 km²40.8% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Mafinga Hills
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
16.97 km² overlap
Mafinga Hills
IUCN VIForest Reserve
1.48 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
43 distinct species · 62 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
1 078mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,31
Runoff
251mm/an
PET
1 559mm
AET
862mm
Mean slope
4,7°
Water table
248cm
Forest
68%
Crops
21%
Urban
0%
Protected
3%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)