HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081350340
Bassin de Luapula
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 : Kasenga, Kipushi, Mansa
Sub-basin area
22,9km²
Upstream area
147 576,7km²
Discharge
1 191,45m³/s
Mean elev.
1 033m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Luapula489 km²
- Bassin de Luapula283 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 11.9 km²52.3% of basin
- 10.9 km²47.7% of basin
- 0.0 km²0.0% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
0 distinct species · 0 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°
21,4°C
Annual rain
1 105mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,38
Runoff
122mm/an
PET
1 774mm
AET
903mm
Mean slope
1,1°
Water table
104cm
Forest
44%
Crops
7%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)