HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081366560
Bassin de Luapula
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 : Chembe, Kipushi, Sakania
Sub-basin area
943,3km²
Upstream area
124 290,4km²
Discharge
1 068,36m³/s
Mean elev.
1 165m
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°
20,5°C
Annual rain
1 205mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,31
Runoff
198mm/an
PET
1 736mm
AET
913mm
Mean slope
1,7°
Water table
161cm
Forest
94%
Crops
11%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)