HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081391440
Bassin de Lusiwasi
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 : Chitambo, Lavushimanda
Sub-basin area
887,2km²
Upstream area
887,2km²
Discharge
3,48m³/s
Mean elev.
945m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 874.3 km²98.9% of basin
- 9.5 km²1.1% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
South Luangwa
IUCN IINational Park
605.82 km² overlap
Luangwa
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
2.52 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
4 distinct species · 19 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°
22,1°C
Annual rain
934mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,46
Runoff
124mm/an
PET
1 750mm
AET
765mm
Mean slope
4,2°
Water table
252cm
Forest
96%
Crops
5%
Urban
0%
Protected
71%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)