HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081421560
Bassin de Likwenu
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 7 administrative regions : Liwonda National Park, Liwonde Town, SC Chamba, SC Mlomba, SC Sitola +2
Sub-basin area
312,2km²
Upstream area
312,2km²
Discharge
2,43m³/s
Mean elev.
710m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
7 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 146.7 km²47.2% of basin
- 64.1 km²20.6% of basin
- 52.9 km²17.0% of basin
- 19.9 km²6.4% of basin
- 19.4 km²6.3% of basin
- 5.7 km²1.8% of basin
- 2.3 km²0.7% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Liwonde Fr
IUCN VIForest Reserve
135.91 km² overlap
Liwonde National Park
IUCN IINational Park
18.03 km² overlap
Zomba Malosa Fr
IUCN VIForest Reserve
12.02 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
464 distinct species · 1 256 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 42 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 Likwenu : 37 espèces dont 3 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 49 interactions GloBI sur 3 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°
22,6°C
Annual rain
1 106mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,30
Runoff
247mm/an
PET
1 581mm
AET
878mm
Mean slope
6,2°
Water table
253cm
Forest
35%
Crops
6%
Urban
10%
Protected
51%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)