HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081432480
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 4 administrative regions : Chilanga, Kafue, Mazabuka, Shibuyunji
Sub-basin area
342,6km²
Upstream area
4 453km²
Discharge
15,95m³/s
Mean elev.
1 001m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Mwembeshi170 km²
- Bassin de Makombwe139 km²
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- ShibuyunjiLusaka · Zambia315.4 km²92.4% of basin
- 19.2 km²5.6% of basin
- 6.8 km²2.0% of basin
- 0.0 km²0.0% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Kafue Flats
IUCN VIGame Management Area
111.94 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
7 distinct species · 18 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
807mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,53
Runoff
122mm/an
PET
1 731mm
AET
681mm
Mean slope
0,2°
Water table
36cm
Forest
5%
Crops
3%
Urban
0%
Protected
36%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)