HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081365460
Bassin de Luangwa
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 : Chama, Mpika
Sub-basin area
605,3km²
Upstream area
29 774,2km²
Discharge
155,33m³/s
Mean elev.
675m
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°
23,3°C
Annual rain
909mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,48
Runoff
133mm/an
PET
1 758mm
AET
767mm
Mean slope
0,6°
Water table
66cm
Forest
7%
Crops
2%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)