HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081432270
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 2 administrative regions : Magoe, Maravia
Sub-basin area
411,9km²
Upstream area
1 061 106,5km²
Discharge
2 711,2m³/s
Mean elev.
371m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #10814326302031 km²
- Bassin de Zambezi123 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 223.5 km²54.5% of basin
- 186.9 km²45.5% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Tchuma tchato
IUCN VICommunity Conservation Area
231.32 km² overlap
Magoe
IUCN IINational Park
179.16 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
101 distinct species · 140 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 34 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 : 33 espèces dont 3 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 29 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 5.2%, 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
659mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,66
Runoff
86mm/an
PET
1 964mm
AET
555mm
Mean slope
1,5°
Water table
152cm
Forest
5%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)