HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081351630
Bassin de Kasitu
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 10 administrative regions : Mzuzu City, SC Jaravikuba Munthali, SC Kampingo Sibande, SC Nyaluwanga, TA Chindi +5
Sub-basin area
2 309,6km²
Upstream area
2 309,7km²
Discharge
8,86m³/s
Mean elev.
1 329m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
10 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1397.6 km²60.8% of basin
- 679.9 km²29.6% of basin
- 108.8 km²4.7% of basin
- 63.8 km²2.8% of basin
- 29.3 km²1.3% of basin
- 15.9 km²0.7% of basin
- 2.3 km²0.1% of basin
- 1.3 km²0.1% of basin
2 moreFull L2 list
- TA Chindi1.0 km² · 0.0%
- TA Mzikubola0.6 km² · 0.0%
5 intersecting protected areas
South Viphya
IUCN VIForest Reserve
75.61 km² overlap
Bunganya
IUCN VIForest Reserve
30.09 km² overlap
Mtangatanga
IUCN VIForest Reserve
26.81 km² overlap
Kaning'Ina
IUCN VIForest Reserve
14.51 km² overlap
Lunyangwa
IUCN VIForest Reserve
3.74 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 545 distinct species · 3 129 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 44 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 Kasitu : 35 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 48 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 5.1%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 9 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°
19,3°C
Annual rain
974mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,36
Runoff
138mm/an
PET
1 515mm
AET
808mm
Mean slope
5,0°
Water table
251cm
Forest
28%
Crops
8%
Urban
3%
Protected
6%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)