HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081417730
Bassin de Muchinda
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 : Chisamba, Luano, Rufunsa
Sub-basin area
751,5km²
Upstream area
751,7km²
Discharge
2,67m³/s
Mean elev.
872m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 674.2 km²90.0% of basin
- 46.4 km²6.2% of basin
- 28.2 km²3.8% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Luano
IUCN VIGame Management Area
333.08 km² overlap
Forest Reserve Name Unknown (ZMB) No.80
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
11.59 km² overlap
Munyeta
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
0.15 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
7 distinct species · 20 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°
22,1°C
Annual rain
810mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,53
Runoff
113mm/an
PET
1 737mm
AET
683mm
Mean slope
6,8°
Water table
419cm
Forest
69%
Crops
5%
Urban
0%
Protected
53%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)