Ontologia

HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081436570

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 : Chirundu, Hurungwe, Kafue

Pfafstetter: 12250090

Sub-basin area

1 529km²

Upstream area

841 470,3km²

Discharge

1 815,14m³/s

Mean elev.

642m

Administrative coverage

Hydrographic chain

▼ Drains into

Bassin de Zambezi550 km²

▲ Receives from 2 basins

3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)

4 intersecting protected areas

  • Hurungwe

    IUCN VI

    Safari Area

    877.55 km² overlap

  • Chiawa

    IUCN VI

    Game Management Area

    622.56 km² overlap

  • Charara

    IUCN VI

    Safari Area

    15.84 km² overlap

  • Mana Pools National Park

    IUCN II

    Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)

    0.81 km² overlap

Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.

Species present

724 distinct species · 17 076 observations

Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.

Densité d'observations

17 076 obs · 33 cellules
Obs. / cellule
≥ 7 766
1 618–7 765
231–1 617
28–230
< 28

Source : GBIF — observations agrégées par hexagones 0.027° × 0.027° (~22km), filtre précision coordonnée < 10 km. Fond carte : OpenFreeMap · © OpenStreetMap.

Ecological tissue

Sample of 9 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).

RègnesAnimalPlanteChampignonBacterie
RelationsPredationParasitismeSymbiosePollinisation
StatutEn dangerVulnérableProtégéeEndémique

Indicateurs du tissu écologique

Tissu écologique de Bassin de Zambezi : 7 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) + 2 bulles famille, 6 interactions GloBI documentées sur 1 type (connectance 16.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). Les 2 bulles regroupent des espèces visuellement absorbées par famille (≥3 espèces visibles).

Espèces affichées
9
Interactions affichées
6
Connectance
0.167
Patrimoniales
1
Plus dense que (national)0 %(top 100%)

Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).

Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)

Mean T°

23,4°C

Annual rain

699mm

Moisture idx (CMI)

-0,60

Runoff

86mm/an

PET

1 777mm

AET

590mm

Mean slope

4,0°

Water table

352cm

Forest

27%

Crops

3%

Urban

0%

Protected

91%

HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)