HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081374830
Bassin de Lunuka
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 : Milengi, Samfya
Sub-basin area
557,3km²
Upstream area
557,6km²
Discharge
5,68m³/s
Mean elev.
1 193m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 552.1 km²99.5% of basin
- 3.0 km²0.5% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 distinct species · 7 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°
20,4°C
Annual rain
1 244mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,25
Runoff
321mm/an
PET
1 668mm
AET
906mm
Mean slope
0,7°
Water table
85cm
Forest
100%
Crops
6%
Urban
0%
Protected
83%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)