HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081390490
Bassin de Mushingashi
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
78,9km²
Upstream area
2 915,4km²
Discharge
21,47m³/s
Mean elev.
1 188m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Mushingashi1483 km²
- Bassin de Chipupushi805 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 68.8 km²87.5% of basin
- 9.8 km²12.5% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
East Lunga
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
75.85 km² overlap
Lunga Luswishi
IUCN VIGame Management Area
65.89 km² overlap
Ndesha
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
2.78 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
0 distinct species · 0 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°
20,3°C
Annual rain
1 105mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,36
Runoff
214mm/an
PET
1 723mm
AET
894mm
Mean slope
0,9°
Water table
114cm
Forest
100%
Crops
3%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)