HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081391590
Bassin de Chibobo
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 : Chitambo, Serenje
Sub-basin area
390,1km²
Upstream area
390,1km²
Discharge
2,2m³/s
Mean elev.
1 186m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 370.0 km²95.2% of basin
- 18.7 km²4.8% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Chisomo
IUCN VIGame Management Area
17.48 km² overlap
South Luangwa
IUCN IINational Park
0.40 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 distinct species · 3 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°
20,7°C
Annual rain
983mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,40
Runoff
177mm/an
PET
1 648mm
AET
801mm
Mean slope
5,8°
Water table
320cm
Forest
100%
Crops
11%
Urban
0%
Protected
3%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)