HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081451660
Bassin de Sanyati
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 : Hurungwe, Kariba
Sub-basin area
1 758,9km²
Upstream area
46 457,5km²
Discharge
86,25m³/s
Mean elev.
795m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Gunguhwe River1419 km²
- Bassin de Sanyati609 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1338.2 km²76.3% of basin
- 414.8 km²23.7% of basin
8 intersecting protected areas
Matusadona
IUCN IINational Park
440.60 km² overlap
Lake Kariba
IUCN VRecreation Park
420.65 km² overlap
Kanyati A
IUCN Not ReportedWildlife Management Area
199.51 km² overlap
Gatshegatshe
IUCN Not ReportedWildlife Management Area
121.60 km² overlap
Musamba Karuma A
IUCN Not ReportedWildlife Management Area
98.56 km² overlap
Chiroti/Fuleche
IUCN Not ReportedWildlife Management Area
58.15 km² overlap
Kanyati B
IUCN Not ReportedWildlife Management Area
47.33 km² overlap
Musamba Karuma B
IUCN Not ReportedWildlife Management Area
1.84 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
486 distinct species · 4 302 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 12 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 Sanyati : 10 espèces + 2 bulles famille, 10 interactions GloBI documentées sur 2 types (connectance 15.2%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). Les 2 bulles regroupent 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°
23,0°C
Annual rain
760mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,56
Runoff
68mm/an
PET
1 739mm
AET
641mm
Mean slope
4,5°
Water table
370cm
Forest
22%
Crops
6%
Urban
0%
Protected
79%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)