HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081414660
Bassin de Luia River
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 : Chifunde, Macanga
Sub-basin area
216km²
Upstream area
216km²
Discharge
1,72m³/s
Mean elev.
740m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 136.9 km²63.6% of basin
- Chifunde78.4 km²36.4% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Tchuma tchato
IUCN VICommunity Conservation Area
75.47 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
0 distinct species · 0 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°
23,1°C
Annual rain
970mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,47
Runoff
251mm/an
PET
1 843mm
AET
819mm
Mean slope
5,1°
Water table
288cm
Forest
85%
Crops
15%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)