HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081406470
Bassin de Luambimba
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 : Lumbala-Nguimbo, Mitete
Sub-basin area
1 704,1km²
Upstream area
1 704,8km²
Discharge
7,47m³/s
Mean elev.
1 065m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1511.0 km²89.0% of basin
- Lumbala-NguimboMoxico · Angola186.9 km²11.0% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
West Zambezi
IUCN VIGame Management Area
1491.05 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 2 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°
20,8°C
Annual rain
1 063mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,45
Runoff
141mm/an
PET
1 945mm
AET
898mm
Mean slope
0,0°
Water table
11cm
Forest
0%
Crops
3%
Urban
0%
Protected
86%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)