HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081431410
Bassin de Chakwenga
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 across 2 countries : Hurungwe, Luangwa, Rufunsa
Sub-basin area
2 640,1km²
Upstream area
855 344,8km²
Discharge
1 849,24m³/s
Mean elev.
727m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Sapi River1613 km²
- Bassin de Mwambashi1447 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1290.6 km²49.1% of basin
- 1012.8 km²38.5% of basin
- 327.4 km²12.4% of basin
5 intersecting protected areas
Lower Zambezi
IUCN IINational Park
1850.36 km² overlap
Rufunsa
IUCN VIGame Management Area
413.69 km² overlap
Mana Pools National Park, Sapi and Chewore Safari Areas
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
319.95 km² overlap
Sapi
IUCN VISafari Area
319.95 km² overlap
Luano
IUCN VIGame Management Area
57.25 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
594 distinct species · 11 120 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 12 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 Chakwenga : 10 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) + 2 bulles famille, 11 interactions GloBI documentées sur 2 types (connectance 16.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). Les 2 bulles regroupent des espèces visuellement absorbées par famille (≥3 espèces visibles).
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
769mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,56
Runoff
84mm/an
PET
1 760mm
AET
649mm
Mean slope
5,5°
Water table
500cm
Forest
40%
Crops
4%
Urban
0%
Protected
96%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)