HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081427290
Bassin de Mwembeshi
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 3 administrative regions : Chibombo, Chilanga, Shibuyunji
Sub-basin area
169,9km²
Upstream area
3 971,8km²
Discharge
14,42m³/s
Mean elev.
1 018m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Kabile559 km²
- Bassin de Mwembeshi133 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 88.0 km²52.0% of basin
- ShibuyunjiLusaka · Zambia77.5 km²45.8% of basin
- 3.8 km²2.2% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 2 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°
21,4°C
Annual rain
831mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,52
Runoff
115mm/an
PET
1 722mm
AET
700mm
Mean slope
0,3°
Water table
73cm
Forest
0%
Crops
2%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)