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
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Nkufi362 km²
- Bassin de Luapula195 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 488.8 km²56.2% of basin
- 380.7 km²43.8% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Mansa
IUCN VIGame Management Area
66.23 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 6 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°
20,7°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)