HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081348300
Bassin de Luwumbu
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 3 administrative regions across 2 countries : Chama, Mafinga, Vwaza Marsh Game Reserve - Rumph
Sub-basin area
355,7km²
Upstream area
2 833,4km²
Discharge
17,07m³/s
Mean elev.
1 077m
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°
21,8°C
Annual rain
872mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,45
Runoff
194mm/an
PET
1 599mm
AET
733mm
Mean slope
6,9°
Water table
425cm
Forest
28%
Crops
16%
Urban
0%
Protected
20%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)