HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081348490
Bassin · #1081348490
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
186,4km²
Upstream area
1 012,2km²
Discharge
5,69m³/s
Mean elev.
1 178m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #1081349610621 km²
- Bassin · #1081349550204 km²
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 185.6 km²100.0% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Bassin de la Lufira
IUCN IIWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
113.30 km² overlap
Kundelungu
IUCN IINational Park
113.30 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
20 distinct species · 53 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 144mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,35
Runoff
170mm/an
PET
1 750mm
AET
921mm
Mean slope
3,2°
Water table
283cm
Forest
21%
Crops
9%
Urban
0%
Protected
45%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)