HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081407050
Bassin de Lukanga
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 : Chibombo, Ngabwe
Sub-basin area
192km²
Upstream area
5 567km²
Discharge
25,19m³/s
Mean elev.
1 116m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Mufukushi2114 km²
- Bassin de Lukanga476 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 124.9 km²65.3% of basin
- 66.4 km²34.7% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
34 distinct species · 93 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 8 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 Lukanga : 7 espèces reliées par 5 interactions GloBI sur 1 type (connectance 17.9%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 1 bulle taxonomique (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
21,0°C
Annual rain
965mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,43
Runoff
122mm/an
PET
1 699mm
AET
811mm
Mean slope
0,0°
Water table
3cm
Forest
90%
Crops
8%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)