Ontologia

HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081442640

Bassin de Shire

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 16 administrative regions : Blantyre City, Chikwawa Boma, Majete Game Reserve - Chikwawa, Majete Game Reserve - Mwanza, SC Mphuka +11

Pfafstetter: 12221710

Sub-basin area

1 961km²

Upstream area

141 899km²

Discharge

1 269,52m³/s

Mean elev.

504m

Administrative coverage

Hydrographic chain

▼ Drains into

Bassin de Shire300 km²

▲ Receives from 2 basins

16 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)

8 more

11 intersecting protected areas

  • Majete Wildlife Reserve

    IUCN IV

    Wildlife Reserve

    403.21 km² overlap

  • Elephant Marsh

    IUCN Not Reported

    Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)

    31.93 km² overlap

  • Michiru

    IUCN VI

    Forest Reserve

    30.03 km² overlap

  • Ndirande

    IUCN VI

    Forest Reserve

    10.32 km² overlap

  • Chigumula

    IUCN VI

    Forest Reserve

    5.25 km² overlap

  • Soche

    IUCN VI

    Forest Reserve

    3.88 km² overlap

  • Amalika

    IUCN VI

    Forest Reserve

    3.70 km² overlap

  • Kanjedza

    IUCN VI

    Forest Reserve

    1.59 km² overlap

  • Thyolo Mountain

    IUCN VI

    Forest Reserve

    0.86 km² overlap

2 more protected areas

  • Milare

    IUCN VI

    Forest Reserve

    0.59 km² overlap

  • Mudi

    IUCN VI

    Forest Reserve

    0.39 km² overlap

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

Species present

2 512 distinct species · 30 803 observations

Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.

Densité d'observations

30 803 obs · 43 cellules
Obs. / cellule
≥ 8 775
2 565–8 774
207–2 564
65–206
< 65

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

Ecological tissue

Sample of 35 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 Shire : 31 espèces reliées par 34 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 5.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 4 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).

Espèces affichées
35
Interactions affichées
34
Connectance
0.057
Patrimoniales
0
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°

23,6°C

Annual rain

938mm

Moisture idx (CMI)

-0,42

Runoff

222mm/an

PET

1 652mm

AET

777mm

Mean slope

5,2°

Water table

280cm

Forest

52%

Crops

24%

Urban

21%

Protected

26%

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