HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081391660
Bassin de Luswishi
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 : Lufwanyama, Mpongwe
Sub-basin area
592,5km²
Upstream area
4 181km²
Discharge
33,39m³/s
Mean elev.
1 180m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Mirumbi210 km²
- Bassin de Luswishi45 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 584.0 km²98.9% of basin
- 6.3 km²1.1% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Lunga Luswishi
IUCN VIGame Management Area
334.81 km² overlap
Lamba
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
104.94 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 distinct species · 12 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°
20,4°C
Annual rain
1 124mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,35
Runoff
275mm/an
PET
1 728mm
AET
899mm
Mean slope
0,8°
Water table
88cm
Forest
100%
Crops
6%
Urban
0%
Protected
66%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)