HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081384350
Bassin de Luangwa
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 3 administrative regions : Lumezi, Mambwe, Mpika
Sub-basin area
287,9km²
Upstream area
59 999km²
Discharge
285,95m³/s
Mean elev.
553m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Lukuzye2447 km²
- Bassin de Luangwa340 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 115.6 km²40.3% of basin
- 99.6 km²34.7% of basin
- 71.6 km²25.0% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
South Luangwa
IUCN IINational Park
209.29 km² overlap
Lumimba
IUCN VIGame Management Area
77.32 km² overlap
Forest Reserve Name Unknown (ZMB) No.43
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
29.52 km² overlap
Lupande
IUCN VIGame Management Area
0.24 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
385 distinct species · 9 028 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 20 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Bassin de Luangwa : 16 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 17 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 8.9%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 4 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
24,2°C
Annual rain
846mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,56
Runoff
105mm/an
PET
1 902mm
AET
714mm
Mean slope
0,3°
Water table
20cm
Forest
3%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)