HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081332790
Bassin de North Rukuru
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 10 administrative regions across 2 countries : Chama, Karonga Town, Lake Malawi, Mafinga, Nyika N.P. - Chitipa +5
Sub-basin area
2 574,5km²
Upstream area
2 574,5km²
Discharge
12,8m³/s
Mean elev.
1 197m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
10 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 846.9 km²33.0% of basin
- 608.3 km²23.7% of basin
- 595.9 km²23.2% of basin
- 323.7 km²12.6% of basin
- 113.9 km²4.4% of basin
- 46.4 km²1.8% of basin
- 12.4 km²0.5% of basin
- 11.3 km²0.4% of basin
8 intersecting protected areas
Nyika National Park
IUCN IINational Park
608.49 km² overlap
Musisi
IUCN VIForest Reserve
70.06 km² overlap
Karonga South Escarpment
IUCN VIForest Reserve
35.09 km² overlap
Mahowe
IUCN VIForest Reserve
33.52 km² overlap
Karonga North Escarpment
IUCN VIForest Reserve
19.54 km² overlap
Chikhang'Ombe
IUCN VIForest Reserve
5.93 km² overlap
Nyika
IUCN IINational Park
1.34 km² overlap
Mitenge
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
0.01 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 430 distinct species · 4 758 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 37 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 North Rukuru : 35 espèces reliées par 31 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 4.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 2 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°
20,9°C
Annual rain
1 241mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,17
Runoff
186mm/an
PET
1 511mm
AET
901mm
Mean slope
7,0°
Water table
278cm
Forest
34%
Crops
15%
Urban
2%
Protected
26%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)