HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081351380
Bassin de Luwumbu
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 : Chama, Vwaza Marsh Game Reserve - Rumph
Sub-basin area
508km²
Upstream area
3 673,3km²
Discharge
21,61m³/s
Mean elev.
852m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Luwumbu356 km²
- Bassin de Luwumbu332 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 501.3 km²99.1% of basin
- 4.6 km²0.9% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Musalangu
IUCN VIGame Management Area
505.11 km² overlap
Lundazi
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
69.08 km² overlap
Vwaza Marsh Wildlife Reserve
IUCN IVWildlife Reserve
1.14 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
9 distinct species · 22 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°
22,9°C
Annual rain
842mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,49
Runoff
166mm/an
PET
1 665mm
AET
710mm
Mean slope
4,3°
Water table
234cm
Forest
22%
Crops
12%
Urban
0%
Protected
97%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)