HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081447210
Bassin · #1081447210
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 : Shang'ombo, Sioma
Sub-basin area
429,2km²
Upstream area
3 215km²
Discharge
4,94m³/s
Mean elev.
1 022m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #1081446100721 km²
- Bassin · #1081446160319 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 336.3 km²78.6% of basin
- 91.5 km²21.4% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
West Zambezi
IUCN VIGame Management Area
427.77 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
9 distinct species · 9 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°
22,3°C
Annual rain
773mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,58
Runoff
18mm/an
PET
1 861mm
AET
652mm
Mean slope
0,0°
Water table
15cm
Forest
8%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)