HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081350560
Bassin de Lupososhi
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 4 administrative regions : Chifunabuli, Chilubi, Lupososhi, Luwingu
Sub-basin area
768,4km²
Upstream area
5 340,3km²
Discharge
52,28m³/s
Mean elev.
1 202m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Lufubu1617 km²
- Bassin de Lupososhi260 km²
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 336.6 km²44.0% of basin
- 228.7 km²29.9% of basin
- 143.3 km²18.7% of basin
- 56.7 km²7.4% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
16 distinct species · 35 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°
21,1°C
Annual rain
1 450mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,11
Runoff
323mm/an
PET
1 638mm
AET
949mm
Mean slope
0,7°
Water table
92cm
Forest
81%
Crops
16%
Urban
0%
Protected
1%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)