HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081361830
Bassin de Munikashi
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
673,1km²
Upstream area
6 788,1km²
Discharge
50,46m³/s
Mean elev.
1 188m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Kanchibya2809 km²
- Bassin de Lwitikila1342 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 670.5 km²100.0% of basin
- 0.0 km²0.0% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Bangweulu
IUCN VIGame Management Area
467.41 km² overlap
Bangweulu Swamps
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
39.44 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
7 distinct species · 9 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°
20,7°C
Annual rain
1 219mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,25
Runoff
290mm/an
PET
1 622mm
AET
878mm
Mean slope
0,2°
Water table
27cm
Forest
58%
Crops
8%
Urban
0%
Protected
49%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)