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
Species present
Ecological tissue
Graphe en cours d’indexation
Calcul du tissu écologique de cette entité.
Le graphe apparaîtra automatiquement dès que le calcul est terminé (rafraîchissement toutes les 2s).
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)