HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081351100
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 2 administrative regions across 2 countries : Kipushi, Mansa
Sub-basin area
283,1km²
Upstream area
283,3km²
Discharge
1,16m³/s
Mean elev.
1 151m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 281.7 km²99.9% of basin
- 0.2 km²0.1% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Chimimba Hills
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
176.60 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 19 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°
20,8°C
Annual rain
1 125mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,35
Runoff
129mm/an
PET
1 742mm
AET
902mm
Mean slope
2,1°
Water table
251cm
Forest
90%
Crops
14%
Urban
0%
Protected
63%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)