HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081356420
Bassin de Lubansenshi
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 4 administrative regions : Chilubi, Kanchibiya, Kasama, Luwingu
Sub-basin area
1 013,8km²
Upstream area
4 871,8km²
Discharge
46m³/s
Mean elev.
1 207m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Lubansenshi602 km²
- Bassin de Lubansenshi169 km²
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 638.0 km²63.2% of basin
- 243.3 km²24.1% of basin
- 128.4 km²12.7% of basin
- 0.0 km²0.0% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 1 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°
20,9°C
Annual rain
1 308mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,21
Runoff
322mm/an
PET
1 647mm
AET
909mm
Mean slope
0,5°
Water table
66cm
Forest
84%
Crops
13%
Urban
0%
Protected
66%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)