HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081358650
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 2 administrative regions : Chilubi, Kanchibiya
Sub-basin area
269,4km²
Upstream area
49 514,6km²
Discharge
447,85m³/s
Mean elev.
1 181m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Chambeshi1451 km²
- Bassin de Lubansenshi1014 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 150.9 km²56.2% of basin
- 117.4 km²43.8% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 distinct species · 3 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 284mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,21
Runoff
325mm/an
PET
1 631mm
AET
896mm
Mean slope
0,1°
Water table
12cm
Forest
27%
Crops
7%
Urban
0%
Protected
64%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)