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
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Luwumbu1075 km²
- Bassin de Luwuwushi331 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 198.8 km²56.1% of basin
- 153.3 km²43.3% of basin
- 2.3 km²0.6% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Musalangu
IUCN VIGame Management Area
183.99 km² overlap
Lundazi
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
31.59 km² overlap
Vwaza Marsh Wildlife Reserve
IUCN IVWildlife Reserve
1.08 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
14 distinct species · 21 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°
21,8°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)