HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081383830
Bassin de Mwombezhi
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 : Kalumbila, Mwinilunga
Sub-basin area
294,4km²
Upstream area
10 642,6km²
Discharge
89,18m³/s
Mean elev.
1 151m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Lwalaba1342 km²
- Bassin de Mwombezhi186 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 291.7 km²99.5% of basin
- 1.5 km²0.5% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Musele Matebo
IUCN VIGame Management Area
292.18 km² overlap
Ludji
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
232.73 km² overlap
West Lunga
IUCN IINational Park
1.09 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 distinct species · 2 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°
20,6°C
Annual rain
1 174mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,34
Runoff
249mm/an
PET
1 778mm
AET
947mm
Mean slope
1,0°
Water table
145cm
Forest
99%
Crops
17%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)