HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081384160
Bassin de West Katembula
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 : Kalulushi, Lufwanyama
Sub-basin area
373,3km²
Upstream area
373,3km²
Discharge
2,99m³/s
Mean elev.
1 283m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 205.6 km²55.3% of basin
- 166.3 km²44.7% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
Forest Reserve Name Unknown (ZMB) No.39
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
87.43 km² overlap
Chisangwa
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
81.70 km² overlap
Lamba Headwaters
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
63.58 km² overlap
Forest Reserve Name Unknown (ZMB) No.44
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
17.95 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
10 distinct species · 13 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°
19,8°C
Annual rain
1 255mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,28
Runoff
253mm/an
PET
1 741mm
AET
938mm
Mean slope
1,8°
Water table
195cm
Forest
100%
Crops
5%
Urban
0%
Protected
67%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)