HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081365760
Bassin de Luvua
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 3 administrative regions across 2 countries : Alto Zambeze, Dilolo, Lucano
Sub-basin area
2 811,7km²
Upstream area
2 811,7km²
Discharge
28,81m³/s
Mean elev.
1 126m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1737.1 km²62.0% of basin
- Alto ZambezeMoxico · Angola1042.6 km²37.2% of basin
- 21.0 km²0.7% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
9 distinct species · 10 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°
21,2°C
Annual rain
1 353mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,29
Runoff
323mm/an
PET
1 895mm
AET
1 085mm
Mean slope
0,6°
Water table
108cm
Forest
91%
Crops
5%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)