HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081343900
Bassin de Chambeshi
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 : Kasama, Shiwamg'andu
Sub-basin area
73,3km²
Upstream area
28 363,1km²
Discharge
218,01m³/s
Mean elev.
1 208m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Luchindashi463 km²
- Bassin de Chambeshi38 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 61.6 km²84.4% of basin
- 11.4 km²15.6% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Forest Reserve Name Unknown (ZMB) No.28
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
24.48 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
0 distinct species · 0 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°
20,9°C
Annual rain
1 213mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,27
Runoff
314mm/an
PET
1 663mm
AET
887mm
Mean slope
0,5°
Water table
55cm
Forest
24%
Crops
11%
Urban
0%
Protected
34%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)