HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081386570
Bassin de Luangwa
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
15,2km²
Upstream area
62 926,3km²
Discharge
295,09m³/s
Mean elev.
531m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Luwi1152 km²
- Bassin de Kauluzi232 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 9.4 km²62.1% of basin
- 5.7 km²37.9% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
South Luangwa
IUCN IINational Park
10.03 km² overlap
Lupande
IUCN VIGame Management Area
5.13 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
218 distinct species · 917 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 36 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 Luangwa : 32 espèces dont 3 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 45 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 7.1%, 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°
24,4°C
Annual rain
834mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,57
Runoff
104mm/an
PET
1 935mm
AET
703mm
Mean slope
0,2°
Water table
8cm
Forest
0%
Crops
5%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)