HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081354390
Bassin de Lufira
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 : Kambove, Mushindano
Sub-basin area
1 469km²
Upstream area
5 209,9km²
Discharge
29,71m³/s
Mean elev.
1 270m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Lufira2257 km²
- Bassin de Lufira1483 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1461.2 km²99.9% of basin
- 2.0 km²0.1% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Kafue H/waters
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
0.00 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
6 distinct species · 267 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°
20,1°C
Annual rain
1 213mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,30
Runoff
177mm/an
PET
1 724mm
AET
941mm
Mean slope
2,4°
Water table
188cm
Forest
100%
Crops
3%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)