HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081413720
Bassin de Lunsemfwa
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 : Kapiri Mposhi, Luano
Sub-basin area
779,6km²
Upstream area
9 012,8km²
Discharge
71,86m³/s
Mean elev.
1 098m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Lunsemfwa868 km²
- Bassin de Lunsemfwa317 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 433.8 km²55.8% of basin
- 343.0 km²44.2% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
21 distinct species · 26 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
910mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,45
Runoff
144mm/an
PET
1 663mm
AET
767mm
Mean slope
2,8°
Water table
223cm
Forest
95%
Crops
15%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)