HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081349250
Bassin de Mwambwa
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 3 administrative regions : Chama, Chinsali, Shiwamg'andu
Sub-basin area
2 558,5km²
Upstream area
2 558,6km²
Discharge
15,95m³/s
Mean elev.
1 194m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1013.6 km²39.8% of basin
- 924.4 km²36.3% of basin
- 610.2 km²23.9% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
73 distinct species · 120 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 19 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 Mwambwa : 16 espèces reliées par 17 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 9.9%, 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°
21,1°C
Annual rain
1 020mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,37
Runoff
197mm/an
PET
1 616mm
AET
803mm
Mean slope
3,0°
Water table
258cm
Forest
81%
Crops
14%
Urban
0%
Protected
51%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)