HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081402940
Bassin de Luanginga
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 across 2 countries : Kalabo, Lumbala-Nguimbo
Sub-basin area
133,9km²
Upstream area
7 417,8km²
Discharge
5,77m³/s
Mean elev.
1 073m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Luanginga605 km²
- Bassin · #1081400550153 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Lumbala-NguimboMoxico · Angola133.4 km²100.0% of basin
- 0.1 km²0.0% of basin
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°
20,3°C
Annual rain
1 058mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,45
Runoff
127mm/an
PET
1 910mm
AET
894mm
Mean slope
0,2°
Water table
46cm
Forest
25%
Crops
2%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)