HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081398340
Bassin de Linthipe
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 16 administrative regions across 2 countries : Angónia, Dedza Boma, Macanga, SC Chauma, SC Chilikumwendo +11
Sub-basin area
3 041,9km²
Upstream area
3 041,9km²
Discharge
20,88m³/s
Mean elev.
1 209m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
16 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 795.3 km²26.2% of basin
- 604.5 km²19.9% of basin
- 382.6 km²12.6% of basin
- 241.7 km²8.0% of basin
- 235.3 km²7.8% of basin
- 157.4 km²5.2% of basin
- 132.5 km²4.4% of basin
- 107.4 km²3.5% of basin
8 moreFull L2 list
- TA Mazengera91.1 km² · 3.0%
- TA Karonga73.1 km² · 2.4%
- SC Chauma69.4 km² · 2.3%
- TA Chadza57.0 km² · 1.9%
- Angónia32.3 km² · 1.1%
- Macanga21.5 km² · 0.7%
- TA Kasumbu17.0 km² · 0.6%
- Dedza Boma12.5 km² · 0.4%
6 intersecting protected areas
Dzalanyama
IUCN VIForest Reserve
386.14 km² overlap
Chongoni
IUCN VIForest Reserve
123.03 km² overlap
Thuma
IUCN VIForest Reserve
81.44 km² overlap
Dedza-Salima Escarpm
IUCN VIForest Reserve
55.37 km² overlap
Dedza Mountain
IUCN VIForest Reserve
9.50 km² overlap
Dzenza
IUCN VIForest Reserve
7.79 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 198 distinct species · 4 221 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 38 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 Linthipe : 33 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 40 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 5.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 5 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°
19,2°C
Annual rain
938mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,37
Runoff
245mm/an
PET
1 498mm
AET
780mm
Mean slope
3,5°
Water table
223cm
Forest
22%
Crops
20%
Urban
23%
Protected
26%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)