HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081339510
Bassin de Luapula
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 : Chipili, Kasenga, Mwense
Sub-basin area
1 181,1km²
Upstream area
160 007,1km²
Discharge
1 273,17m³/s
Mean elev.
1 075m
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°
21,7°C
Annual rain
1 150mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,34
Runoff
174mm/an
PET
1 738mm
AET
923mm
Mean slope
1,9°
Water table
191cm
Forest
64%
Crops
10%
Urban
3%
Protected
29%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)