HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081413570
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 3 administrative regions : Mufumbwe, Mumbwa, Nkeyema
Sub-basin area
887,8km²
Upstream area
887,8km²
Discharge
3,99m³/s
Mean elev.
1 207m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 504.5 km²57.0% of basin
- 378.9 km²42.8% of basin
- 1.2 km²0.1% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
Kasonso Busanga
IUCN VIGame Management Area
503.16 km² overlap
Mufunta
IUCN Not ReportedGame Management Area
234.90 km² overlap
Kabanga
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
115.39 km² overlap
Kafue
IUCN IINational Park
9.00 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
4 distinct species · 15 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°
20,5°C
Annual rain
968mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,45
Runoff
131mm/an
PET
1 754mm
AET
817mm
Mean slope
0,4°
Water table
151cm
Forest
100%
Crops
11%
Urban
0%
Protected
77%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)