HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081403390
Bassin · #1081403390
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 3 administrative regions : Kasempa, Mpongwe, Ngabwe
Sub-basin area
1 352,4km²
Upstream area
1 352,4km²
Discharge
7,72m³/s
Mean elev.
1 239m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1331.0 km²98.8% of basin
- 13.0 km²1.0% of basin
- 3.4 km²0.2% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Lunga Luswishi
IUCN VIGame Management Area
1347.38 km² overlap
East Lunga
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
1145.98 km² overlap
Luena
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
1.53 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
16 distinct species · 45 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°
20,2°C
Annual rain
1 044mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,39
Runoff
195mm/an
PET
1 702mm
AET
862mm
Mean slope
1,0°
Water table
125cm
Forest
100%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
99%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)