HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081335830
Bassin de Chambeshi
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 : Chinsali, Mungwi
Sub-basin area
860,7km²
Upstream area
17 527,9km²
Discharge
153,77m³/s
Mean elev.
1 263m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Chambeshi1140 km²
- Bassin de Kalungu179 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 533.9 km²62.3% of basin
- 323.3 km²37.7% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
202 distinct species · 373 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 21 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 Chambeshi : 17 espèces reliées par 18 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 8.6%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 4 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°
21,2°C
Annual rain
1 113mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,30
Runoff
220mm/an
PET
1 585mm
AET
844mm
Mean slope
1,3°
Water table
105cm
Forest
45%
Crops
9%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)