HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081354040
Bassin de Zambezi
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 across 2 countries : Alto Zambeze, Ikelenge
Sub-basin area
126,7km²
Upstream area
1 741,8km²
Discharge
21m³/s
Mean elev.
1 217m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Zambezi1091 km²
- Bassin de Jimbe524 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Alto ZambezeMoxico · Angola126.0 km²99.8% of basin
- 0.2 km²0.2% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 distinct species · 5 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°
21,0°C
Annual rain
1 463mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,18
Runoff
305mm/an
PET
1 783mm
AET
1 080mm
Mean slope
1,3°
Water table
166cm
Forest
100%
Crops
3%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)