HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081337090
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 3 administrative regions across 2 countries : Isoka, Mafinga, TA Mwenewenya
Sub-basin area
505,5km²
Upstream area
505,5km²
Discharge
4,36m³/s
Mean elev.
1 419m
Administrative coverage
Species present
Ecological tissue
Graphe en cours d’indexation
Calcul du tissu écologique de cette entité.
Le graphe apparaîtra automatiquement dès que le calcul est terminé (rafraîchissement toutes les 2s).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
20,2°C
Annual rain
1 104mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,25
Runoff
253mm/an
PET
1 485mm
AET
848mm
Mean slope
7,0°
Water table
353cm
Forest
67%
Crops
22%
Urban
1%
Protected
12%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)