HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081423970
Bassin de Zambezi
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 3 administrative regions : Kalabo, Limulunga, Mongu
Sub-basin area
148km²
Upstream area
238 372,7km²
Discharge
1 244,78m³/s
Mean elev.
1 017m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Zambezi275 km²
- Bassin de Zambezi215 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 77.4 km²52.5% of basin
- 51.8 km²35.1% of basin
- 18.3 km²12.4% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
West Zambezi
IUCN VIGame Management Area
42.33 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
155 distinct species · 623 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 23 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 Zambezi : 14 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 49 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 16.3%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 11 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°
22,9°C
Annual rain
989mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,47
Runoff
126mm/an
PET
1 877mm
AET
835mm
Mean slope
0,0°
Water table
3cm
Forest
0%
Crops
3%
Urban
0%
Protected
34%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)