HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081315940
Bassin de Mwansamila
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 5 administrative regions across 2 countries : Chiengi, Kaputa, Kawambwa, Nchelenge, Pweto
Sub-basin area
2 289,7km²
Upstream area
27 097,3km²
Discharge
187,43m³/s
Mean elev.
1 059m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Kalungwishi2109 km²
- Bassin de Mofwe1166 km²
5 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 840.0 km²36.8% of basin
- 609.9 km²26.7% of basin
- 597.9 km²26.2% of basin
- 228.2 km²10.0% of basin
- 4.2 km²0.2% of basin
6 intersecting protected areas
Lusenga Plain
IUCN IINational Park
460.77 km² overlap
Kanonge
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
45.86 km² overlap
Mbeleshi
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
30.74 km² overlap
Mweru Wantipa
IUCN IINational Park
25.47 km² overlap
Kalungwishi
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
1.79 km² overlap
Kaputa
IUCN VIGame Management Area
0.12 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
172 distinct species · 411 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 32 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Bassin de Mwansamila : 29 espèces reliées par 25 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 5.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 3 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
22,8°C
Annual rain
1 146mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,32
Runoff
42mm/an
PET
1 699mm
AET
959mm
Mean slope
1,5°
Water table
185cm
Forest
83%
Crops
7%
Urban
0%
Protected
25%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)