HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081406230
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
838,5km²
Upstream area
2 873,9km²
Discharge
11,26m³/s
Mean elev.
1 182m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Lalafuta675 km²
- Bassin · #1081411820265 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 575.8 km²68.9% of basin
- 259.6 km²31.1% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Kasonso Busanga
IUCN VIGame Management Area
574.77 km² overlap
Kabanga
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
211.19 km² overlap
Shidondwe
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
8.63 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
19 distinct species · 24 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°
20,7°C
Annual rain
977mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,45
Runoff
133mm/an
PET
1 772mm
AET
824mm
Mean slope
0,6°
Water table
176cm
Forest
100%
Crops
17%
Urban
0%
Protected
78%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)