HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081401040
Bassin de Lifisi
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 10 administrative regions : Lake Malawi, SC Kambalame, SC Kambwiri, TA Kaphuka, TA Kasumbu +4
Sub-basin area
1 113,4km²
Upstream area
1 113,4km²
Discharge
7,62m³/s
Mean elev.
816m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
10 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 316.4 km²28.5% of basin
- 204.8 km²18.5% of basin
- 204.2 km²18.4% of basin
- 115.3 km²10.4% of basin
- 94.8 km²8.5% of basin
- 82.4 km²7.4% of basin
- 53.9 km²4.9% of basin
- 30.3 km²2.7% of basin
2 moreFull L2 list
- TA Kaphuka6.5 km² · 0.6%
- TA Maganga0.8 km² · 0.1%
5 intersecting protected areas
Dedza-Salima Escarpm
IUCN VIForest Reserve
99.50 km² overlap
Dedza Mountain
IUCN VIForest Reserve
10.46 km² overlap
Lake Malawi National Park
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
3.27 km² overlap
Chongoni
IUCN VIForest Reserve
0.56 km² overlap
Msitolengwe
IUCN VIForest Reserve
0.22 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
788 distinct species · 3 172 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 40 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 Lifisi : 34 espèces reliées par 43 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 5.5%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 6 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°
22,1°C
Annual rain
988mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,36
Runoff
216mm/an
PET
1 549mm
AET
798mm
Mean slope
3,8°
Water table
182cm
Forest
20%
Crops
14%
Urban
10%
Protected
10%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)