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HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081360540

Bassin · #1081360540

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 1 administrative regions : Lunga

123% lakePfafstetter: 13299109

Sub-basin area

31,9km²

Upstream area

60 271,5km²

Discharge

538,46m³/s

Mean elev.

1 170m

Administrative coverage

Hydrographic chain

▼ Drains into

Bassin de Kapamwa220 km²

▲ Receives from 2 basins

1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)

2 intersecting protected areas

  • Bangweulu

    IUCN VI

    Game Management Area

    29.19 km² overlap

  • Bangweulu Swamps

    IUCN Not Reported

    Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)

    26.26 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.

Densité d'observations

0 obs · 0 cellules

Aucune observation géoréférencée précise (<10 km) dans ce territoire.

Source : GBIF — observations agrégées par hexagones 0.2° × 0.2° (~22km), filtre précision coordonnée < 10 km. Fond carte : OpenFreeMap · © OpenStreetMap.

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 312mm

Moisture idx (CMI)

-0,19

Runoff

326mm/an

PET

1 627mm

AET

902mm

Mean slope

0,0°

Water table

5cm

Forest

25%

Crops

4%

Urban

0%

Protected

35%

HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)