HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081347470
Bassin · #1081347470
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 1 administrative regions : Kasenga
Sub-basin area
67km²
Upstream area
2 097,6km²
Discharge
13,09m³/s
Mean elev.
1 128m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #10813485901018 km²
- Bassin · #1081348490186 km²
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 66.8 km²100.0% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Bassin de la Lufira
IUCN IIWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
11.98 km² overlap
Kundelungu
IUCN IINational Park
11.67 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 6 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°
21,2°C
Annual rain
1 130mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,36
Runoff
187mm/an
PET
1 764mm
AET
919mm
Mean slope
4,6°
Water table
371cm
Forest
0%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
82%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)