HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081418940
Bassin de Luangwa
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 : Nyimba, Zumbu
Sub-basin area
1 444,7km²
Upstream area
97 271,1km²
Discharge
443,17m³/s
Mean elev.
623m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Nyimba2569 km²
- Bassin de Luangwa141 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1395.7 km²97.0% of basin
- 43.7 km²3.0% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
West Petauke
IUCN VIGame Management Area
594.61 km² overlap
Tchuma tchato
IUCN VICommunity Conservation Area
57.63 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
77 distinct species · 99 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 15 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 Luangwa : 14 espèces reliées par 14 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 13.3%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 1 bulle taxonomique (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°
23,8°C
Annual rain
878mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,51
Runoff
108mm/an
PET
1 815mm
AET
740mm
Mean slope
7,3°
Water table
496cm
Forest
78%
Crops
7%
Urban
0%
Protected
32%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)