HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081412930
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 : Kalabo, Mitete
Sub-basin area
340,3km²
Upstream area
4 300,9km²
Discharge
16,99m³/s
Mean elev.
1 042m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Sipuma1001 km²
- Bassin de Luambimba299 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 172.0 km²50.7% of basin
- 167.0 km²49.3% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
West Zambezi
IUCN VIGame Management Area
177.80 km² overlap
Liuwa Plain
IUCN IINational Park
161.29 km² overlap
Forest Reserve Name Unknown (ZMB) No.70
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
31.95 km² overlap
Kuuli
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
6.53 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 3 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°
22,2°C
Annual rain
1 034mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,47
Runoff
125mm/an
PET
1 965mm
AET
873mm
Mean slope
0,2°
Water table
44cm
Forest
0%
Crops
4%
Urban
0%
Protected
88%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)