HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081386140
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 2 administrative regions across 2 countries : Alto Zambeze, Chavuma
Sub-basin area
280,9km²
Upstream area
76 746,2km²
Discharge
617,6m³/s
Mean elev.
1 099m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Zambezi602 km²
- Bassin de Lufuige30 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Alto ZambezeMoxico · Angola218.8 km²78.2% of basin
- 61.1 km²21.8% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 distinct species · 4 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Not enough documented interactions to build a meaningful graph for this territory.
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
19,9°C
Annual rain
1 126mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,42
Runoff
152mm/an
PET
1 927mm
AET
951mm
Mean slope
1,0°
Water table
192cm
Forest
91%
Crops
2%
Urban
3%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)