HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081431680
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 4 administrative regions across 3 countries : Hurungwe, Luangwa, Magoe, Mbire
Sub-basin area
2 030,7km²
Upstream area
859 018,4km²
Discharge
1 852,78m³/s
Mean elev.
549m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Chakwenga2640 km²
- Bassin de Chewore River1643 km²
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1046.1 km²51.7% of basin
- 503.4 km²24.9% of basin
- 470.9 km²23.3% of basin
- 0.4 km²0.0% of basin
8 intersecting protected areas
Mana Pools National Park, Sapi and Chewore Safari Areas
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
1052.92 km² overlap
Chewore
IUCN VISafari Area
1051.53 km² overlap
Lower Zambezi
IUCN IINational Park
357.76 km² overlap
Chapoto
IUCN Not ReportedWildlife Management Area
317.17 km² overlap
Rufunsa
IUCN VIGame Management Area
188.86 km² overlap
Dande
IUCN VISafari Area
150.55 km² overlap
Sapi
IUCN VISafari Area
1.40 km² overlap
Tchuma tchato
IUCN VICommunity Conservation Area
0.13 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
610 distinct species · 4 703 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 16 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 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 10 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 8.3%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 2 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°
23,9°C
Annual rain
733mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,60
Runoff
59mm/an
PET
1 822mm
AET
619mm
Mean slope
7,7°
Water table
485cm
Forest
16%
Crops
2%
Urban
0%
Protected
98%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)