Ontologia

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

4% lakePfafstetter: 13299203

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

2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)

2 intersecting protected areas

  • Bangweulu

    IUCN VI

    Game Management Area

    467.41 km² overlap

  • Bangweulu Swamps

    IUCN Not Reported

    Wetland 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.

Densité d'observations

9 obs · 3 cellules
Obs. / cellule
≥ 7
7–6
7–6
1–6
< 1

Source : GBIF — observations agrégées par hexagones 0.027° × 0.027° (~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°

20,7°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)