HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081431480
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 4 administrative regions across 3 countries : Luangwa, Magoe, Mbire, Zumbu
Sub-basin area
275,3km²
Upstream area
149 540km²
Discharge
715,64m³/s
Mean elev.
408m
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°
25,2°C
Annual rain
705mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,63
Runoff
64mm/an
PET
1 905mm
AET
595mm
Mean slope
4,0°
Water table
364cm
Forest
8%
Crops
3%
Urban
0%
Protected
57%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)