HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081400740
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
11,4km²
Upstream area
9 436,4km²
Discharge
66,48m³/s
Mean elev.
1 121m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Luswishi425 km²
- Bassin de Luswishi418 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 5.7 km²50.1% of basin
- 5.7 km²49.9% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Lunga Luswishi
IUCN VIGame Management Area
7.59 km² overlap
Machiya Fungulwe
IUCN VIGame Management Area
3.59 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°
20,9°C
Annual rain
1 009mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,41
Runoff
176mm/an
PET
1 715mm
AET
842mm
Mean slope
0,1°
Water table
9cm
Forest
96%
Crops
16%
Urban
0%
Protected
15%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)