HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081347740
Bassin · #1081347740
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 : Chilubi, Luwingu
Sub-basin area
710,7km²
Upstream area
710,7km²
Discharge
6,03m³/s
Mean elev.
1 210m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 361.4 km²51.1% of basin
- 346.5 km²48.9% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Matipa
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
63.74 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 distinct species · 5 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°
21,0°C
Annual rain
1 399mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,15
Runoff
265mm/an
PET
1 643mm
AET
930mm
Mean slope
0,6°
Water table
82cm
Forest
82%
Crops
18%
Urban
0%
Protected
9%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)