HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081395530
Bassin de Mweneshi
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, Serenje
Sub-basin area
1 355,8km²
Upstream area
3 468,6km²
Discharge
24,88m³/s
Mean elev.
1 162m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Lukusashi1392 km²
- Bassin de Chipendezi721 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 978.7 km²72.5% of basin
- 372.1 km²27.5% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Chisomo
IUCN VIGame Management Area
133.73 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
5 distinct species · 9 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°
20,5°C
Annual rain
995mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,39
Runoff
213mm/an
PET
1 648mm
AET
804mm
Mean slope
5,6°
Water table
334cm
Forest
91%
Crops
12%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)