HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081452050
Bassin de Nyanyana 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 : Kariba, Kariba Urban
Sub-basin area
196,4km²
Upstream area
3 651,2km²
Discharge
8,6m³/s
Mean elev.
563m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Charara River903 km²
- Bassin de Nyaodza195 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 183.2 km²93.6% of basin
- 12.6 km²6.4% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Lake Kariba
IUCN VRecreation Park
84.94 km² overlap
Hurungwe
IUCN VISafari Area
68.33 km² overlap
Charara
IUCN VISafari Area
27.44 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
602 distinct species · 3 522 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 Nyanyana 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°
24,5°C
Annual rain
746mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,59
Runoff
88mm/an
PET
1 803mm
AET
629mm
Mean slope
3,0°
Water table
243cm
Forest
0%
Crops
6%
Urban
0%
Protected
92%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)