HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081438640
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 : Changara, Chiuta
Sub-basin area
97,6km²
Upstream area
1 101 662,6km²
Discharge
2 572,03m³/s
Mean elev.
239m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Zambezi830 km²
- Bassin de Zambezi693 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 68.2 km²70.1% of basin
- 29.1 km²29.9% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
0 distinct species · 0 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Not enough documented interactions to build a meaningful graph for this territory.
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
26,3°C
Annual rain
702mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,64
Runoff
126mm/an
PET
1 934mm
AET
592mm
Mean slope
5,2°
Water table
465cm
Forest
0%
Crops
1%
Urban
1%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)