HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081358990
Bassin de Lualaba
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 across 2 countries : Kalumbila, Kambove
Sub-basin area
747,5km²
Upstream area
3 183,4km²
Discharge
21,24m³/s
Mean elev.
1 422m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Mukwishi631 km²
- Bassin de Lualaba341 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 744.2 km²99.9% of basin
- 0.4 km²0.1% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Ngazhi
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
4.66 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
4 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°
19,5°C
Annual rain
1 270mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,25
Runoff
229mm/an
PET
1 688mm
AET
962mm
Mean slope
1,6°
Water table
138cm
Forest
100%
Crops
2%
Urban
0%
Protected
1%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)