HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081431940
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 across 2 countries : Magoe, Mbire, Zumbu
Sub-basin area
766,6km²
Upstream area
1 009 325,1km²
Discharge
2 568,02m³/s
Mean elev.
445m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Zambezi2031 km²
- Bassin de Luangwa275 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 492.9 km²64.5% of basin
- 266.1 km²34.8% of basin
- 1.8 km²0.2% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Tchuma tchato
IUCN VICommunity Conservation Area
759.41 km² overlap
Chapoto
IUCN Not ReportedWildlife Management Area
1.39 km² overlap
Rufunsa
IUCN VIGame Management Area
0.02 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
441 distinct species · 1 471 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 : 15 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 11 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 9.2%, 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°
24,7°C
Annual rain
736mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,61
Runoff
69mm/an
PET
1 882mm
AET
621mm
Mean slope
2,8°
Water table
328cm
Forest
17%
Crops
2%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)