HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081357970
Bassin de Mwalaba
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 across 2 countries : Kalumbila, Kambove, Mutshatsha, Mwinilunga
Sub-basin area
1 562,1km²
Upstream area
1 562,1km²
Discharge
12,22m³/s
Mean elev.
1 433m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1141.2 km²73.3% of basin
- 394.7 km²25.4% of basin
- 12.9 km²0.8% of basin
- 7.1 km²0.5% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Mufundwa 'B'
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
5.19 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
6 distinct species · 8 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°
19,7°C
Annual rain
1 277mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,24
Runoff
253mm/an
PET
1 684mm
AET
972mm
Mean slope
1,7°
Water table
156cm
Forest
100%
Crops
5%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)