HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081422700
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
1 968,9km²
Upstream area
1 968,9km²
Discharge
6,03m³/s
Mean elev.
738m
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°
23,2°C
Annual rain
924mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,47
Runoff
97mm/an
PET
1 768mm
AET
770mm
Mean slope
5,3°
Water table
442cm
Forest
81%
Crops
7%
Urban
0%
Protected
1%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)