HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081451980
Bassin de Charara River
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
902,7km²
Upstream area
902,7km²
Discharge
2,29m³/s
Mean elev.
781m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 614.4 km²68.3% of basin
- 285.2 km²31.7% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
Charara
IUCN VISafari Area
758.74 km² overlap
Hurungwe
IUCN VISafari Area
89.62 km² overlap
Lake Kariba
IUCN VRecreation Park
34.83 km² overlap
Nyamakate Village
IUCN Not ReportedWildlife Management Area
0.07 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
398 distinct species · 1 768 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 15 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 Charara River : 14 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) + 1 bulle famille, 12 interactions GloBI documentées sur 3 types (connectance 11.4%, 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°
22,8°C
Annual rain
757mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,56
Runoff
80mm/an
PET
1 713mm
AET
639mm
Mean slope
5,6°
Water table
457cm
Forest
0%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
98%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)