HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081390080
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 : Chavuma, Zambezi
Sub-basin area
348,4km²
Upstream area
82 365,6km²
Discharge
648,06m³/s
Mean elev.
1 063m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Chibombo668 km²
- Bassin de Zambezi21 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 216.1 km²62.3% of basin
- 130.9 km²37.7% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
114 distinct species · 278 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 13 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 Zambezi : 13 espèces reliées par 8 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 10.3%, filtre Serrano α=0.2).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
21,4°C
Annual rain
1 084mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,47
Runoff
128mm/an
PET
2 033mm
AET
915mm
Mean slope
0,3°
Water table
60cm
Forest
33%
Crops
2%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)