HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081359360
Bassin de Lulingila
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, Lunga
Sub-basin area
139,2km²
Upstream area
52 006,6km²
Discharge
473,78m³/s
Mean elev.
1 180m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Lulingila2353 km²
- Bassin de Chambeshi269 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 120.1 km²86.6% of basin
- 12.2 km²8.8% of basin
- 6.3 km²4.6% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
0 distinct species · 0 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 268mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,22
Runoff
316mm/an
PET
1 627mm
AET
892mm
Mean slope
0,0°
Water table
6cm
Forest
20%
Crops
7%
Urban
0%
Protected
71%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)