HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081337440
Bassin de Luongo
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 : Chipili, Kawambwa, Lupososhi
Sub-basin area
723,1km²
Upstream area
723,1km²
Discharge
4,95m³/s
Mean elev.
1 389m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 552.3 km²76.7% of basin
- 138.2 km²19.2% of basin
- 29.6 km²4.1% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Mankalala
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
214.94 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
8 distinct species · 23 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°
20,5°C
Annual rain
1 383mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,14
Runoff
216mm/an
PET
1 609mm
AET
968mm
Mean slope
2,0°
Water table
228cm
Forest
100%
Crops
11%
Urban
0%
Protected
30%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)