HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081381390
Bassin de Mwambashi
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 4 administrative regions : Chingola, Kalulushi, Kitwe, Mufulira
Sub-basin area
849,3km²
Upstream area
849,3km²
Discharge
7,38m³/s
Mean elev.
1 282m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 557.5 km²65.9% of basin
- 183.1 km²21.6% of basin
- 104.8 km²12.4% of basin
- 0.6 km²0.1% of basin
9 intersecting protected areas
Forest Reserve Name Unknown (ZMB) No.39
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
195.12 km² overlap
Ichimpe
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
80.77 km² overlap
Chisenga
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
53.35 km² overlap
Lushishi
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
21.63 km² overlap
Forest Reserve Name Unknown (ZMB) No.42
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
14.16 km² overlap
Chibuluma
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
8.56 km² overlap
Chembe
IUCN Not ReportedBird Sanctuary
5.10 km² overlap
Chisangwa
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
5.00 km² overlap
Chingola
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
4.99 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
403 distinct species · 2 438 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 20 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 Mwambashi : 16 espèces reliées par 23 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 12.1%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 4 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°
19,7°C
Annual rain
1 279mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,27
Runoff
274mm/an
PET
1 757mm
AET
951mm
Mean slope
1,6°
Water table
161cm
Forest
61%
Crops
9%
Urban
11%
Protected
47%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)