HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081349550
Bassin · #1081349550
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
204,2km²
Upstream area
204,2km²
Discharge
1,01m³/s
Mean elev.
1 229m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 203.4 km²100.0% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Bassin de la Lufira
IUCN IIWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
171.07 km² overlap
Kundelungu
IUCN IINational Park
171.06 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
20 distinct species · 34 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°
20,7°C
Annual rain
1 161mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,33
Runoff
157mm/an
PET
1 739mm
AET
922mm
Mean slope
3,4°
Water table
324cm
Forest
27%
Crops
5%
Urban
0%
Protected
60%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)