HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081345630
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 4 administrative regions across 2 countries : Kasenga, Kipushi, Mansa, Mwense
Sub-basin area
423,6km²
Upstream area
151 913,8km²
Discharge
1 216,04m³/s
Mean elev.
1 096m
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°
21,3°C
Annual rain
1 142mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,35
Runoff
161mm/an
PET
1 746mm
AET
915mm
Mean slope
1,7°
Water table
193cm
Forest
80%
Crops
16%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)