HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081400240
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 : Mpongwe, Ngabwe
Sub-basin area
424,8km²
Upstream area
424,9km²
Discharge
2,43m³/s
Mean elev.
1 197m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 422.3 km²99.8% of basin
- 0.9 km²0.2% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Lunga Luswishi
IUCN VIGame Management Area
423.20 km² overlap
Luena
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
136.68 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
0 distinct species · 0 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
1 023mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,40
Runoff
184mm/an
PET
1 699mm
AET
849mm
Mean slope
0,7°
Water table
90cm
Forest
100%
Crops
3%
Urban
0%
Protected
99%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)