HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081359550
Bassin · #1081359550
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 : Kanchibiya, Lunga
Sub-basin area
105,1km²
Upstream area
105,2km²
Discharge
1,05m³/s
Mean elev.
1 177m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 98.2 km²93.8% of basin
- 6.5 km²6.2% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Bangweulu
IUCN VIGame Management Area
78.98 km² overlap
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 267mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,22
Runoff
315mm/an
PET
1 627mm
AET
892mm
Mean slope
0,0°
Water table
1cm
Forest
24%
Crops
5%
Urban
0%
Protected
96%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)