HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081450800
Bassin de Ruo
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 6 administrative regions across 2 countries : Milange, Morrumbala, SC Mbenje, SC Thukuta, TA Mlolo +1
Sub-basin area
637,9km²
Upstream area
4 827,6km²
Discharge
0m³/s
Mean elev.
279m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #1081446060202 km²
- Bassin de Ruo150 km²
6 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Morrumbala230.9 km²36.3% of basin
- Milange202.9 km²31.9% of basin
- 115.0 km²18.1% of basin
- 59.7 km²9.4% of basin
- 27.2 km²4.3% of basin
- 0.1 km²0.0% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Elephant Marsh
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
6.83 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
52 distinct species · 63 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 3 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 Ruo : 2 espèces reliées par 2 interactions GloBI sur 1 type (connectance 66.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 1 bulle taxonomique (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
24,2°C
Annual rain
1 097mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,37
Runoff
284mm/an
PET
1 760mm
AET
907mm
Mean slope
3,5°
Water table
189cm
Forest
73%
Crops
21%
Urban
11%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)