HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081386090
Bassin de Kauluzi
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, Mambwe
Sub-basin area
232,1km²
Upstream area
61 759,5km²
Discharge
291,6m³/s
Mean elev.
557m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Luangwa248 km²
- Bassin de Kauluzi242 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 149.5 km²64.6% of basin
- 81.8 km²35.4% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Lupande
IUCN VIGame Management Area
133.12 km² overlap
South Luangwa
IUCN IINational Park
98.14 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
265 distinct species · 1 647 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 32 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 Kauluzi : 29 espèces dont 5 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 29 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 5.8%, 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°
24,3°C
Annual rain
842mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,56
Runoff
106mm/an
PET
1 918mm
AET
710mm
Mean slope
0,2°
Water table
26cm
Forest
6%
Crops
1%
Urban
1%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)