HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081415470
Bassin de Rio Muangadzi
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 5 administrative regions across 2 countries : Chadiza, Chifunde, Chipata, Maravia, Vubwi
Sub-basin area
2 128,3km²
Upstream area
2 128,3km²
Discharge
12,9m³/s
Mean elev.
916m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
5 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Chifunde1102.7 km²52.0% of basin
- 554.6 km²26.2% of basin
- 324.1 km²15.3% of basin
- 121.4 km²5.7% of basin
- 17.7 km²0.8% of basin
6 intersecting protected areas
Mzewe South
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
200.37 km² overlap
Mzewe North
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
55.57 km² overlap
Chikanga
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
33.02 km² overlap
Chamchenga
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
1.80 km² overlap
Mkwawe
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
1.58 km² overlap
Tchuma tchato
IUCN VICommunity Conservation Area
0.41 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
9 distinct species · 35 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°
22,4°C
Annual rain
1 036mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,42
Runoff
199mm/an
PET
1 792mm
AET
863mm
Mean slope
6,5°
Water table
377cm
Forest
71%
Crops
11%
Urban
0%
Protected
14%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)