HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081373460
Bassin · #1081373460
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 across 2 countries : Lago, Lake Malawi
Sub-basin area
654,3km²
Upstream area
67 118,7km²
Discharge
368,31m³/s
Mean elev.
476m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Luweya925 km²
- Bassin · #108136790062 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 525.4 km²80.6% of basin
- Lake Malawi123.1 km²18.9% of basin
- 3.2 km²0.5% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
597.84 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
184 distinct species · 371 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 14 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 · #1081373460 : 13 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 8 interactions GloBI sur 1 type (connectance 8.8%, 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°
24,8°C
Annual rain
1 401mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,08
Runoff
381mm/an
PET
1 525mm
AET
930mm
Mean slope
0,0°
Water table
1cm
Forest
0%
Crops
38%
Urban
1%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)