HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081428160
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 3 administrative regions across 2 countries : Luangwa, Rufunsa, Zumbu
Sub-basin area
1 087,5km²
Upstream area
146 390,2km²
Discharge
708,14m³/s
Mean elev.
468m
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°
24,9°C
Annual rain
752mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,60
Runoff
71mm/an
PET
1 884mm
AET
635mm
Mean slope
2,8°
Water table
353cm
Forest
17%
Crops
5%
Urban
0%
Protected
33%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)