HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081374120
Bassin de Msuzi
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 : Kasungu National Park, Lumezi, Lundazi
Sub-basin area
444,5km²
Upstream area
444,5km²
Discharge
1,26m³/s
Mean elev.
1 188m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 351.7 km²79.4% of basin
- 86.2 km²19.5% of basin
- 4.9 km²1.1% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Kasungu National Park
IUCN IINational Park
4.30 km² overlap
Lundazi Dam
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
3.93 km² overlap
Kaluwe
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
3.77 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
35 distinct species · 56 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 3 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 Msuzi : 3 espèces reliées par 2 interactions GloBI sur 1 type (connectance 66.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
20,1°C
Annual rain
880mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,45
Runoff
119mm/an
PET
1 606mm
AET
742mm
Mean slope
1,1°
Water table
185cm
Forest
4%
Crops
56%
Urban
0%
Protected
2%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)