HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081380760
Bassin de Mutundu
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 : Kitwe, Mufulira, Sakania
Sub-basin area
472,5km²
Upstream area
472,5km²
Discharge
4,01m³/s
Mean elev.
1 284m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 219.5 km²46.6% of basin
- 186.8 km²39.7% of basin
- 64.4 km²13.7% of basin
5 intersecting protected areas
Kasaria
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
64.97 km² overlap
Mufulira
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
64.42 km² overlap
Forest Reserve Name Unknown (ZMB) No.38
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
36.69 km² overlap
Njiri
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
30.85 km² overlap
Ngala
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
27.34 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
153 distinct species · 521 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 21 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 Mutundu : 15 espèces reliées par 24 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 11.4%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 6 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°
19,8°C
Annual rain
1 271mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,27
Runoff
268mm/an
PET
1 743mm
AET
942mm
Mean slope
1,3°
Water table
136cm
Forest
73%
Crops
9%
Urban
2%
Protected
48%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)