HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081434190
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 : Hurungwe, Kafue, Luangwa
Sub-basin area
550km²
Upstream area
844 494,5km²
Discharge
1 820,28m³/s
Mean elev.
519m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Rukometche River2474 km²
- Bassin de Zambezi1529 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 293.6 km²53.6% of basin
- 254.5 km²46.4% of basin
- 0.0 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)
308.72 km² overlap
Mana Pools
IUCN IINational Park
308.72 km² overlap
Mana Pools National Park
IUCN IIWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
305.18 km² overlap
Chiawa
IUCN VIGame Management Area
241.80 km² overlap
Hurungwe
IUCN VISafari Area
0.22 km² overlap
Lower Zambezi
IUCN IINational Park
0.01 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
612 distinct species · 24 552 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Graphe en cours d’indexation
Calcul du tissu écologique de cette entité.
Le graphe apparaîtra automatiquement dès que le calcul est terminé (rafraîchissement toutes les 2s).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
23,9°C
Annual rain
695mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,62
Runoff
80mm/an
PET
1 817mm
AET
586mm
Mean slope
4,0°
Water table
295cm
Forest
29%
Crops
3%
Urban
0%
Protected
83%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)