HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081384460
Bassin de Lunga
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 : Kasempa, Solwezi
Sub-basin area
1 078,1km²
Upstream area
8 228,8km²
Discharge
60,13m³/s
Mean elev.
1 256m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Mutanda101 km²
- Bassin de Lunga65 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1073.8 km²100.0% of basin
- 0.1 km²0.0% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 4 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 220mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,29
Runoff
234mm/an
PET
1 727mm
AET
927mm
Mean slope
1,2°
Water table
143cm
Forest
100%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
36%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)