HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081400310
Bassin de Lukanga
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 : Kapiri Mposhi, Mpongwe
Sub-basin area
204,6km²
Upstream area
1 743,6km²
Discharge
9,82m³/s
Mean elev.
1 185m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Lukanga594 km²
- Bassin · #1081399380375 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 169.9 km²83.4% of basin
- 33.9 km²16.6% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 4 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 030mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,39
Runoff
165mm/an
PET
1 681mm
AET
837mm
Mean slope
0,9°
Water table
133cm
Forest
100%
Crops
11%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)