HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081373280
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
194,6km²
Upstream area
115 231,7km²
Discharge
974,64m³/s
Mean elev.
1 107m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Luapula426 km²
- Bassin de Luapula81 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 128.6 km²66.3% of basin
- 65.3 km²33.7% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 distinct species · 4 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 213mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,30
Runoff
258mm/an
PET
1 726mm
AET
913mm
Mean slope
1,7°
Water table
117cm
Forest
100%
Crops
12%
Urban
0%
Protected
2%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)