HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081369270
Bassin de Luangwa
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 : Chama, Mpika
Sub-basin area
252,3km²
Upstream area
31 938km²
Discharge
164,98m³/s
Mean elev.
622m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Luangwa951 km²
- Bassin de Luangwa264 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 143.6 km²57.2% of basin
- 107.6 km²42.8% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
North Luangwa
IUCN IINational Park
143.08 km² overlap
Musalangu
IUCN VIGame Management Area
108.21 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
170 distinct species · 412 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 23 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 Luangwa : 19 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 21 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 8.3%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 4 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°
23,6°C
Annual rain
903mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,50
Runoff
147mm/an
PET
1 792mm
AET
762mm
Mean slope
0,3°
Water table
34cm
Forest
4%
Crops
1%
Urban
1%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)