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
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Lwamfumu432 km²
- Bassin de Luapula0 km²
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 298.4 km²70.7% of basin
- 95.1 km²22.6% of basin
- 17.8 km²4.2% of basin
- 10.6 km²2.5% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
41 distinct species · 60 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°
21,3°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)