HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081368350
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 2 administrative regions across 2 countries : Milengi, Sakania
Sub-basin area
872,9km²
Upstream area
116 467,2km²
Discharge
993,45m³/s
Mean elev.
1 112m
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 217mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,30
Runoff
242mm/an
PET
1 733mm
AET
916mm
Mean slope
1,1°
Water table
84cm
Forest
98%
Crops
11%
Urban
0%
Protected
7%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)