HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081368240
Bassin de Lwela
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, Milengi, Sakania
Sub-basin area
445,6km²
Upstream area
6 188,5km²
Discharge
64,48m³/s
Mean elev.
1 118m
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°
20,7°C
Annual rain
1 215mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,30
Runoff
241mm/an
PET
1 729mm
AET
914mm
Mean slope
1,2°
Water table
113cm
Forest
70%
Crops
16%
Urban
0%
Protected
17%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)