HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081416510
Bassin de Luniofwa
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, Mumbwa
Sub-basin area
604,4km²
Upstream area
604,4km²
Discharge
2,48m³/s
Mean elev.
1 186m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 548.2 km²91.0% of basin
- 54.0 km²9.0% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Forest Reserve Name Unknown (ZMB) No.75
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
53.82 km² overlap
Lukulaisho
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
9.59 km² overlap
Kawena
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
3.94 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
4 distinct species · 9 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°
20,8°C
Annual rain
928mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,45
Runoff
111mm/an
PET
1 687mm
AET
783mm
Mean slope
0,4°
Water table
100cm
Forest
7%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
11%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)