Ontologia

HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081446280

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 : Senanga, Shang'ombo, Sioma

Pfafstetter: 12291581

Sub-basin area

1 005,7km²

Upstream area

5 143,7km²

Discharge

13,19m³/s

Mean elev.

1 015m

Administrative coverage

Hydrographic chain

▼ Drains into

Bassin de Zambezi155 km²

▲ Receives from 2 basins

3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)

4 intersecting protected areas

  • West Zambezi

    IUCN VI

    Game Management Area

    1002.31 km² overlap

  • Watembo

    IUCN Not Reported

    Forest Reserve

    128.30 km² overlap

  • Mbunda

    IUCN Not Reported

    Forest Reserve

    113.80 km² overlap

  • Shelangu East

    IUCN Not Reported

    Forest Reserve

    14.02 km² overlap

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

Species present

41 distinct species · 56 observations

Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.

Densité d'observations

56 obs · 10 cellules
Obs. / cellule
≥ 10
10–9
8–9
6–7
< 6

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

Ecological tissue

Not enough documented interactions to build a meaningful graph for this territory.

Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)

Mean T°

22,6°C

Annual rain

769mm

Moisture idx (CMI)

-0,59

Runoff

41mm/an

PET

1 863mm

AET

649mm

Mean slope

0,1°

Water table

50cm

Forest

29%

Crops

2%

Urban

1%

Protected

99%

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