HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081373540
Bassin de Mlowe
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 7 administrative regions across 2 countries : Lago, Lake Malawi, SC Malanda, SC Zilakoma, TA Fukamapiri +2
Sub-basin area
1 381,5km²
Upstream area
71 077,9km²
Discharge
419,48m³/s
Mean elev.
582m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #10813735502578 km²
- Bassin · #1081373460654 km²
7 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Lake Malawi894.6 km²65.0% of basin
- 197.1 km²14.3% of basin
- 157.4 km²11.4% of basin
- 92.7 km²6.7% of basin
- 18.4 km²1.3% of basin
- 15.9 km²1.2% of basin
- 0.0 km²0.0% of basin
5 intersecting protected areas
South Viphya
IUCN VIForest Reserve
193.73 km² overlap
Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
61.01 km² overlap
Ruvuo
IUCN VIForest Reserve
47.84 km² overlap
Chisasira
IUCN VIForest Reserve
21.49 km² overlap
Kuwilwe
IUCN VIForest Reserve
1.34 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
451 distinct species · 940 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 26 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 Mlowe : 25 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 20 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 6.2%, 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°
23,5°C
Annual rain
1 623mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,04
Runoff
240mm/an
PET
1 553mm
AET
1 011mm
Mean slope
3,1°
Water table
107cm
Forest
36%
Crops
3%
Urban
1%
Protected
18%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)