HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081420940
Bassin · #1081420940
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 : Kalabo, Sikongo
Sub-basin area
636,2km²
Upstream area
636,2km²
Discharge
1,38m³/s
Mean elev.
1 058m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 518.4 km²81.8% of basin
- 115.5 km²18.2% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
West Zambezi
IUCN VIGame Management Area
633.97 km² overlap
Nyungu
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
16.21 km² overlap
Mumbo
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
16.18 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
11 distinct species · 35 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°
22,0°C
Annual rain
985mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,48
Runoff
32mm/an
PET
1 879mm
AET
831mm
Mean slope
0,1°
Water table
45cm
Forest
27%
Crops
3%
Urban
0%
Protected
39%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)