HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081429500
Bassin de Lukajanya
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 : Limulunga, Mongu
Sub-basin area
810,7km²
Upstream area
4 888,3km²
Discharge
9,24m³/s
Mean elev.
1 074m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Lui2049 km²
- Bassin de Siyowe2028 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 805.9 km²99.8% of basin
- 1.9 km²0.2% of basin
5 intersecting protected areas
Suwe
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
38.02 km² overlap
Sitwita
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
8.99 km² overlap
Likonge nobala
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
6.10 km² overlap
Ilomba
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
0.77 km² overlap
Mulundu
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
0.08 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
17 distinct species · 28 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°
22,4°C
Annual rain
894mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,52
Runoff
62mm/an
PET
1 845mm
AET
755mm
Mean slope
0,3°
Water table
156cm
Forest
41%
Crops
4%
Urban
0%
Protected
8%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)