HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081350240
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 : Kasama, Shiwamg'andu
Sub-basin area
1 092,4km²
Upstream area
31 369km²
Discharge
248,62m³/s
Mean elev.
1 242m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Chambeshi599 km²
- Bassin de Chambeshi496 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 748.3 km²68.8% of basin
- 339.7 km²31.2% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Nkole Mfumu
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
204.94 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
70 distinct species · 129 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 8 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 : 3 espèces reliées par 9 interactions GloBI sur 1 type (connectance 32.1%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 5 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°
20,7°C
Annual rain
1 244mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,25
Runoff
317mm/an
PET
1 649mm
AET
895mm
Mean slope
1,1°
Water table
125cm
Forest
89%
Crops
15%
Urban
0%
Protected
19%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)