HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081337130
Bassin de Lwalaba
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 : Lubudi, Mutshatsha
Sub-basin area
397,8km²
Upstream area
397,8km²
Discharge
2,95m³/s
Mean elev.
1 427m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 207.1 km²52.3% of basin
- 189.1 km²47.7% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 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°
20,0°C
Annual rain
1 184mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,28
Runoff
232mm/an
PET
1 640mm
AET
958mm
Mean slope
5,4°
Water table
350cm
Forest
99%
Crops
7%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)