HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081396940
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
790,1km²
Upstream area
5 771,4km²
Discharge
45,07m³/s
Mean elev.
1 158m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #1081391680800 km²
- Bassin de Luswishi593 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 597.1 km²75.9% of basin
- 190.0 km²24.1% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Lunga Luswishi
IUCN VIGame Management Area
355.05 km² overlap
Machiya Fungulwe
IUCN VIGame Management Area
31.82 km² overlap
Luena
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
0.03 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
4 distinct species · 33 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°
20,6°C
Annual rain
1 069mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,38
Runoff
227mm/an
PET
1 719mm
AET
876mm
Mean slope
0,6°
Water table
70cm
Forest
100%
Crops
7%
Urban
0%
Protected
44%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)