HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081344500
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
495,6km²
Upstream area
29 677,8km²
Discharge
231,51m³/s
Mean elev.
1 234m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Lukashya819 km²
- Bassin de Chambeshi73 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 264.5 km²53.6% of basin
- 229.1 km²46.4% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Nkole Mfumu
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
255.80 km² overlap
Forest Reserve Name Unknown (ZMB) No.28
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
10.71 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 distinct species · 3 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°
20,8°C
Annual rain
1 232mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,26
Runoff
318mm/an
PET
1 660mm
AET
893mm
Mean slope
0,8°
Water table
78cm
Forest
93%
Crops
10%
Urban
0%
Protected
54%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)