HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081419200
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 : Nyimba, Rufunsa
Sub-basin area
37,1km²
Upstream area
141 816,6km²
Discharge
694,06m³/s
Mean elev.
494m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Luangwa1445 km²
- Bassin de Lunsemfwa989 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 35.2 km²95.1% of basin
- 1.8 km²4.9% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Luano
IUCN VIGame Management Area
34.05 km² overlap
West Petauke
IUCN VIGame Management Area
0.23 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°
24,8°C
Annual rain
817mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,56
Runoff
94mm/an
PET
1 873mm
AET
690mm
Mean slope
5,2°
Water table
320cm
Forest
27%
Crops
5%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)