HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081361450
Bassin de Luapula
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 across 2 countries : Chembe, Kipushi, Sakania
Sub-basin area
807,9km²
Upstream area
129 320,9km²
Discharge
1 083,82m³/s
Mean elev.
1 131m
Administrative coverage
Species present
Ecological tissue
Graphe en cours d’indexation
Calcul du tissu écologique de cette entité.
Le graphe apparaîtra automatiquement dès que le calcul est terminé (rafraîchissement toutes les 2s).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
20,6°C
Annual rain
1 179mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,33
Runoff
172mm/an
PET
1 758mm
AET
912mm
Mean slope
1,7°
Water table
163cm
Forest
99%
Crops
8%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)