HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081366550
Bassin de Lubembe orientale
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 : Kipushi, Sakania
Sub-basin area
46,6km²
Upstream area
4 222,2km²
Discharge
28,8m³/s
Mean elev.
1 094m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Kilukwa311 km²
- Bassin de Lubembe orientale199 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 41.2 km²88.9% of basin
- 5.2 km²11.1% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
27 distinct species · 28 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°
20,8°C
Annual rain
1 185mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,33
Runoff
184mm/an
PET
1 773mm
AET
917mm
Mean slope
1,2°
Water table
127cm
Forest
100%
Crops
6%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)