HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081445780
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 5 administrative regions across 2 countries : Chirundu, Hurungwe, Kariba, Kariba Urban, Siavonga
Sub-basin area
345,1km²
Upstream area
679 662,2km²
Discharge
1 313,91m³/s
Mean elev.
628m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Zambezi379 km²
- Bassin de Sanyati8 km²
5 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 109.5 km²31.8% of basin
- 92.9 km²27.0% of basin
- 88.3 km²25.7% of basin
- 51.9 km²15.1% of basin
- 1.3 km²0.4% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Hurungwe
IUCN VISafari Area
167.78 km² overlap
Lake Kariba
IUCN VRecreation Park
13.59 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
643 distinct species · 4 376 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 11 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).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Bassin de Zambezi : 10 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) + 1 bulle famille, 9 interactions GloBI documentées sur 2 types (connectance 16.4%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). Les 1 bulle regroupe des espèces visuellement absorbées par famille (≥3 espèces visibles).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
24,5°C
Annual rain
720mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,60
Runoff
98mm/an
PET
1 815mm
AET
608mm
Mean slope
8,8°
Water table
542cm
Forest
2%
Crops
3%
Urban
2%
Protected
54%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)