HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081444070
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 : Nalolo, Senanga
Sub-basin area
331km²
Upstream area
300 860,7km²
Discharge
1 193,07m³/s
Mean elev.
1 024m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Zambezi1328 km²
- Bassin de Lui970 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 323.5 km²98.1% of basin
- 6.4 km²1.9% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
West Zambezi
IUCN VIGame Management Area
324.35 km² overlap
Forest Reserve Name Unknown (ZMB) No.87
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
4.57 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
16 distinct species · 16 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°
22,7°C
Annual rain
812mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,56
Runoff
53mm/an
PET
1 860mm
AET
686mm
Mean slope
0,3°
Water table
64cm
Forest
17%
Crops
2%
Urban
0%
Protected
9%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)