HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081391720
Bassin de Kafulafuta
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 : Masaiti, Sakania
Sub-basin area
361,7km²
Upstream area
1 120,5km²
Discharge
9,95m³/s
Mean elev.
1 264m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Kafulafuta583 km²
- Bassin de Kafulafuta176 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 356.2 km²98.8% of basin
- 4.2 km²1.2% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
169 distinct species · 2 548 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 17 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 Kafulafuta : 13 espèces reliées par 15 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 11.0%, 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°
19,9°C
Annual rain
1 180mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,30
Runoff
282mm/an
PET
1 676mm
AET
886mm
Mean slope
1,4°
Water table
143cm
Forest
69%
Crops
16%
Urban
0%
Protected
6%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)