HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081404210
Bassin de Mulembo
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
258,1km²
Upstream area
3 154km²
Discharge
20,61m³/s
Mean elev.
601m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Mulembo304 km²
- Bassin de Lelya6 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 152.7 km²59.4% of basin
- 104.3 km²40.6% of basin
- 0.1 km²0.1% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
West Petauke
IUCN VIGame Management Area
170.96 km² overlap
Luano
IUCN VIGame Management Area
41.58 km² overlap
Chisomo
IUCN VIGame Management Area
0.44 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 1 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°
23,4°C
Annual rain
894mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,51
Runoff
161mm/an
PET
1 818mm
AET
754mm
Mean slope
3,0°
Water table
239cm
Forest
47%
Crops
9%
Urban
1%
Protected
87%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)