HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081377560
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 1 administrative regions : Alto Zambeze
Sub-basin area
539km²
Upstream area
41 789,2km²
Discharge
418,95m³/s
Mean elev.
1 088m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Chifumage2140 km²
- Bassin de Zambezi1126 km²
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Alto ZambezeMoxico · Angola537.0 km²100.0% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Cameia National Park
IUCN IINational Park
221.95 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
0 distinct species · 0 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Graphe en cours d’indexation
Calcul du tissu écologique de cette entité.
Le graphe apparaîtra automatiquement dès que le calcul est terminé (rafraîchissement toutes les 2s).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
19,8°C
Annual rain
1 219mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,35
Runoff
231mm/an
PET
1 883mm
AET
1 023mm
Mean slope
0,4°
Water table
50cm
Forest
59%
Crops
3%
Urban
0%
Protected
23%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)