HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081345960
Bassin de Lulua
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 across 2 countries : Alto Zambeze, Dilolo
Sub-basin area
2 077,1km²
Upstream area
2 077,2km²
Discharge
13,87m³/s
Mean elev.
1 139m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 2052.1 km²99.2% of basin
- Alto ZambezeMoxico · Angola16.7 km²0.8% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
6 distinct species · 11 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°
21,7°C
Annual rain
1 395mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,26
Runoff
222mm/an
PET
1 877mm
AET
1 102mm
Mean slope
1,3°
Water table
189cm
Forest
100%
Crops
6%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)