HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081365330
Bassin de Lwitikila
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, Mpika
Sub-basin area
1 341,6km²
Upstream area
3 307,1km²
Discharge
19,58m³/s
Mean elev.
1 304m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Mufubushi828 km²
- Bassin de Lwitikila386 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1276.9 km²95.6% of basin
- 59.4 km²4.4% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
14 distinct species · 34 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°
20,0°C
Annual rain
1 107mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,30
Runoff
211mm/an
PET
1 581mm
AET
839mm
Mean slope
0,9°
Water table
98cm
Forest
93%
Crops
10%
Urban
0%
Protected
60%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)