HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081428940
Bassin de Lubwato
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 : Mazabuka, Mumbwa, Shibuyunji
Sub-basin area
35,8km²
Upstream area
2 685,2km²
Discharge
11,15m³/s
Mean elev.
979m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Nangoma310 km²
- Bassin de Lubwato13 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- ShibuyunjiLusaka · Zambia16.4 km²46.1% of basin
- 15.4 km²43.3% of basin
- 3.8 km²10.5% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Kafue Flats
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
23.46 km² overlap
Blue Lagoon
IUCN IINational Park
19.60 km² overlap
Kafue Flats
IUCN VIGame Management Area
16.03 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 distinct species · 3 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°
21,6°C
Annual rain
832mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,53
Runoff
129mm/an
PET
1 761mm
AET
702mm
Mean slope
0,0°
Water table
6cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)