HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081355110
Bassin de Luangwa
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 : Chama, Shiwamg'andu
Sub-basin area
499,1km²
Upstream area
499,2km²
Discharge
2,36m³/s
Mean elev.
973m
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°
22,1°C
Annual rain
927mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,44
Runoff
153mm/an
PET
1 667mm
AET
772mm
Mean slope
2,9°
Water table
226cm
Forest
71%
Crops
7%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)