HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081360240
Bassin · #1081360240
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
83,9km²
Upstream area
7 946,4km²
Discharge
61,44m³/s
Mean elev.
1 172m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Munikashi1074 km²
- Bassin de Munikashi673 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 57.1 km²68.3% of basin
- 26.5 km²31.7% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Bangweulu
IUCN VIGame Management Area
83.57 km² overlap
Bangweulu Swamps
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
58.55 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°
20,9°C
Annual rain
1 289mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,21
Runoff
318mm/an
PET
1 628mm
AET
897mm
Mean slope
0,0°
Water table
1cm
Forest
83%
Crops
8%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)