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HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081362240

Bassin · #1081362240

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

38% lakePfafstetter: 13299106

Sub-basin area

209,5km²

Upstream area

209,5km²

Discharge

2,14m³/s

Mean elev.

1 170m

Administrative coverage

Hydrographic chain

▼ Drains into

Bassin · #1081362980226 km²

▲ Receives from 0 basins

Source / headwater (no upstream basin)

2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)

2 intersecting protected areas

  • Bangweulu

    IUCN VI

    Game Management Area

    203.73 km² overlap

  • Bangweulu Swamps

    IUCN Not Reported

    Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)

    132.70 km² overlap

Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.

Species present

7 distinct species · 10 observations

Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.

Densité d'observations

10 obs · 2 cellules
Obs. / cellule
≥ 9
9–8
9–8
9–8
< 9

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°

20,8°C

Annual rain

1 299mm

Moisture idx (CMI)

-0,20

Runoff

322mm/an

PET

1 626mm

AET

900mm

Mean slope

0,0°

Water table

2cm

Forest

58%

Crops

6%

Urban

0%

Protected

63%

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