HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081432680
Bassin de Sapi River
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 2 countries : Hurungwe, Kafue, Luangwa, Rufunsa
Sub-basin area
1 613,4km²
Upstream area
851 258,7km²
Discharge
1 839,09m³/s
Mean elev.
470m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Chongwe1128 km²
- Bassin de Zambezi550 km²
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1421.7 km²88.4% of basin
- 119.7 km²7.4% of basin
- 66.4 km²4.1% of basin
- 0.1 km²0.0% of basin
6 intersecting protected areas
Mana Pools National Park, Sapi and Chewore Safari Areas
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
1411.81 km² overlap
Mana Pools
IUCN IINational Park
995.39 km² overlap
Mana Pools National Park
IUCN IIWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
987.22 km² overlap
Sapi
IUCN VISafari Area
416.41 km² overlap
Lower Zambezi
IUCN IINational Park
184.42 km² overlap
Chiawa
IUCN VIGame Management Area
0.00 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
735 distinct species · 36 262 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 18 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 Sapi River : 16 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 15 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 9.8%, 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°
24,1°C
Annual rain
704mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,61
Runoff
74mm/an
PET
1 827mm
AET
594mm
Mean slope
1,2°
Water table
245cm
Forest
11%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
99%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)