Ontologia

HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081432920

Bassin de Lukomezi

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 : Itezhi-tezhi, Mumbwa, Namwala

Pfafstetter: 12261780

Sub-basin area

1 042,7km²

Upstream area

1 042,7km²

Discharge

3,42m³/s

Mean elev.

1 104m

Administrative coverage

Hydrographic chain

▼ Drains into

Bassin de Kafue711 km²

▲ Receives from 0 basins

Source / headwater (no upstream basin)

3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)

2 intersecting protected areas

  • Namwala

    IUCN VI

    Game Management Area

    684.49 km² overlap

  • Mumbwa

    IUCN VI

    Game Management Area

    329.92 km² overlap

Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.

Species present

10 distinct species · 55 observations

Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.

Densité d'observations

55 obs · 9 cellules
Obs. / cellule
≥ 15
15–14
8–14
3–7
< 3

Source : GBIF — observations agrégées par hexagones 0.027° × 0.027° (~22km), filtre précision coordonnée < 10 km. Fond carte : OpenFreeMap · © OpenStreetMap.

Ecological tissue

Not enough documented interactions to build a meaningful graph for this territory.

Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)

Mean T°

20,7°C

Annual rain

866mm

Moisture idx (CMI)

-0,51

Runoff

92mm/an

PET

1 751mm

AET

731mm

Mean slope

1,2°

Water table

155cm

Forest

68%

Crops

9%

Urban

0%

Protected

96%

HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)