HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081344970
Bassin · #1081344970
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 : Lake Malawi, Ludewa, Nyipa N. P. - Karonga, TA Wasambo
Sub-basin area
2 254km²
Upstream area
22 929,2km²
Discharge
221,23m³/s
Mean elev.
643m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Chimbilili1069 km²
- Bassin · #1081338380624 km²
5 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1376.8 km²61.3% of basin
- 475.7 km²21.2% of basin
- 210.2 km²9.4% of basin
- 116.1 km²5.2% of basin
- 66.0 km²2.9% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Nyika National Park
IUCN IINational Park
68.81 km² overlap
Vinthukutu
IUCN VIForest Reserve
3.79 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
690 distinct species · 1 588 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 24 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 · #1081344970 : 23 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 21 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 7.6%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 1 bulle taxonomique (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°
23,4°C
Annual rain
1 049mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,34
Runoff
236mm/an
PET
1 587mm
AET
844mm
Mean slope
3,7°
Water table
119cm
Forest
19%
Crops
10%
Urban
2%
Protected
3%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)