HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081367410
Bassin de Lukulu
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 1 administrative regions : Lavushimanda
Sub-basin area
746,5km²
Upstream area
3 173,5km²
Discharge
16,44m³/s
Mean elev.
1 202m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Lutimwe335 km²
- Bassin de Lukulu69 km²
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 743.6 km²100.0% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Bangweulu
IUCN VIGame Management Area
743.33 km² overlap
Bangweulu Swamps
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
179.21 km² overlap
Lavushi Manda
IUCN IINational Park
0.31 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
404 distinct species · 5 068 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 19 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Bassin de Lukulu : 17 espèces reliées par 19 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 11.1%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 2 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
20,5°C
Annual rain
1 168mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,28
Runoff
223mm/an
PET
1 622mm
AET
867mm
Mean slope
0,4°
Water table
40cm
Forest
83%
Crops
8%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)