HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081356480
Bassin de Chambeshi
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 3 administrative regions : Chilubi, Kanchibiya, Kasama
Sub-basin area
1 451,3km²
Upstream area
44 373,4km²
Discharge
394,7m³/s
Mean elev.
1 215m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Luombe758 km²
- Bassin de Chambeshi101 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1008.1 km²69.7% of basin
- 435.6 km²30.1% of basin
- 1.8 km²0.1% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
13 distinct species · 29 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°
20,8°C
Annual rain
1 277mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,22
Runoff
324mm/an
PET
1 644mm
AET
900mm
Mean slope
0,8°
Water table
82cm
Forest
85%
Crops
11%
Urban
0%
Protected
37%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)