HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081463280
Bassin de Lusu
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 : Mwandi, Sesheke
Sub-basin area
541km²
Upstream area
541km²
Discharge
0,9m³/s
Mean elev.
1 038m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 327.7 km²60.8% of basin
- 211.5 km²39.2% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
64 distinct species · 203 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°
21,2°C
Annual rain
723mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,61
Runoff
53mm/an
PET
1 844mm
AET
609mm
Mean slope
0,6°
Water table
231cm
Forest
45%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
4%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)