HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081422690
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 4 administrative regions across 2 countries : Luangwa, Nyimba, Rufunsa, Zumbu
Sub-basin area
780,2km²
Upstream area
143 333,3km²
Discharge
699,65m³/s
Mean elev.
597m
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°
24,1°C
Annual rain
811mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,56
Runoff
84mm/an
PET
1 830mm
AET
685mm
Mean slope
6,7°
Water table
475cm
Forest
49%
Crops
5%
Urban
0%
Protected
61%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)