HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081375470
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
196,3km²
Upstream area
114 030,5km²
Discharge
964,58m³/s
Mean elev.
1 188m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Lunuka557 km²
- Bassin de Luapula326 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 100.2 km²51.3% of basin
- 95.3 km²48.7% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Mansa
IUCN VIGame Management Area
0.56 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
95 distinct species · 216 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°
20,3°C
Annual rain
1 224mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,27
Runoff
284mm/an
PET
1 685mm
AET
905mm
Mean slope
1,3°
Water table
125cm
Forest
100%
Crops
6%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)