HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081418940
Bassin de Luangwa
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 across 2 countries : Nyimba, Zumbu
Sub-basin area
1 444,7km²
Upstream area
97 271,1km²
Discharge
443,17m³/s
Mean elev.
623m
Administrative coverage
Species present
Ecological tissue
Graphe en cours d’indexation
Calcul du tissu écologique de cette entité.
Le graphe apparaîtra automatiquement dès que le calcul est terminé (rafraîchissement toutes les 2s).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
23,8°C
Annual rain
878mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,51
Runoff
108mm/an
PET
1 815mm
AET
740mm
Mean slope
7,3°
Water table
496cm
Forest
78%
Crops
7%
Urban
0%
Protected
32%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)