HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081386220
Bassin de West 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 : Manyinga, Mwinilunga
Sub-basin area
586,6km²
Upstream area
11 863,5km²
Discharge
102,5m³/s
Mean elev.
1 149m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de West Lunga1073 km²
- Bassin de West Lunga334 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 301.0 km²51.5% of basin
- 283.4 km²48.5% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
West Lunga
IUCN IINational Park
304.83 km² overlap
Lukwakwa
IUCN VIGame Management Area
279.50 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
167 distinct species · 260 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 10 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 West Lunga : 10 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 5 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 11.1%, filtre Serrano α=0.2).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
20,8°C
Annual rain
1 166mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,35
Runoff
190mm/an
PET
1 802mm
AET
956mm
Mean slope
1,2°
Water table
221cm
Forest
100%
Crops
3%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)