HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081401680
Bassin de Lalafuta
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 : Kaoma, Mufumbwe
Sub-basin area
599,1km²
Upstream area
4 898km²
Discharge
15,69m³/s
Mean elev.
1 163m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Lalafuta637 km²
- Bassin de Lalafuta332 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 440.8 km²73.8% of basin
- 156.1 km²26.2% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 26 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 002mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,44
Runoff
126mm/an
PET
1 797mm
AET
846mm
Mean slope
1,1°
Water table
223cm
Forest
100%
Crops
13%
Urban
0%
Protected
1%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)