HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081377480
Bassin de Mwatishi
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 : Lavushimanda, Mpika
Sub-basin area
379,1km²
Upstream area
379,1km²
Discharge
0,81m³/s
Mean elev.
1 251m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 348.1 km²92.2% of basin
- 29.6 km²7.8% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Luangwa
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
174.08 km² overlap
Munyamadzi
IUCN VIGame Management Area
64.92 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
184 distinct species · 337 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 27 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 Mwatishi : 24 espèces reliées par 25 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 7.1%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 3 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°
20,4°C
Annual rain
994mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,38
Runoff
93mm/an
PET
1 623mm
AET
804mm
Mean slope
4,9°
Water table
351cm
Forest
99%
Crops
2%
Urban
0%
Protected
46%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)