HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081338730
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
389,7km²
Upstream area
3 382,9km²
Discharge
29,73m³/s
Mean elev.
1 143m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Luangwa602 km²
- Bassin de Luangwa506 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 283.7 km²73.1% of basin
- 104.5 km²26.9% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 distinct species · 5 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°
21,8°C
Annual rain
1 039mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,33
Runoff
251mm/an
PET
1 546mm
AET
836mm
Mean slope
5,1°
Water table
292cm
Forest
47%
Crops
15%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)