HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081343910
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 : Mungwi, Shiwamg'andu
Sub-basin area
37,5km²
Upstream area
27 826,8km²
Discharge
212,72m³/s
Mean elev.
1 210m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Chambeshi708 km²
- Bassin de Chambeshi272 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 31.2 km²83.7% of basin
- 6.1 km²16.3% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Forest Reserve Name Unknown (ZMB) No.28
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
18.78 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
0 distinct species · 0 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°
20,9°C
Annual rain
1 207mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,27
Runoff
312mm/an
PET
1 662mm
AET
883mm
Mean slope
0,6°
Water table
71cm
Forest
26%
Crops
9%
Urban
0%
Protected
50%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)