HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081394130
Bassin de Luangwa
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, Petauke
Sub-basin area
285,5km²
Upstream area
79 006,7km²
Discharge
361,1m³/s
Mean elev.
550m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #1081393130140 km²
- Bassin de Luangwa1 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 208.9 km²73.4% of basin
- 75.5 km²26.6% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
South Luangwa
IUCN IINational Park
275.98 km² overlap
Sandwe
IUCN VIGame Management Area
8.42 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
22 distinct species · 24 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°
24,3°C
Annual rain
866mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,54
Runoff
138mm/an
PET
1 893mm
AET
731mm
Mean slope
0,8°
Water table
73cm
Forest
5%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)