HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081404100
Bassin de Lukusashi
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 : Luano, Nyimba, Serenje
Sub-basin area
2 424,4km²
Upstream area
7 280,4km²
Discharge
47,6m³/s
Mean elev.
723m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Kaombe1387 km²
- Bassin de Mweneshi1356 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1810.4 km²75.0% of basin
- 604.6 km²25.0% of basin
- 0.4 km²0.0% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Chisomo
IUCN VIGame Management Area
1629.11 km² overlap
West Petauke
IUCN VIGame Management Area
593.61 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
95 distinct species · 179 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 6 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Bassin de Lukusashi : 6 espèces reliées par 3 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 20.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
22,9°C
Annual rain
912mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,49
Runoff
174mm/an
PET
1 784mm
AET
766mm
Mean slope
3,7°
Water table
235cm
Forest
42%
Crops
6%
Urban
0%
Protected
31%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)