HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081452120
Bassin de Sunde 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
906,7km²
Upstream area
906,9km²
Discharge
2m³/s
Mean elev.
776m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 697.1 km²77.1% of basin
- 206.6 km²22.9% of basin
6 intersecting protected areas
Charara
IUCN VISafari Area
194.93 km² overlap
Kanyati A
IUCN Not ReportedWildlife Management Area
183.60 km² overlap
Kanyati B
IUCN Not ReportedWildlife Management Area
178.47 km² overlap
Lake Kariba
IUCN VRecreation Park
127.86 km² overlap
Masanga
IUCN Not ReportedWildlife Management Area
70.83 km² overlap
Gatshegatshe
IUCN Not ReportedWildlife Management Area
23.09 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
326 distinct species · 1 248 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 37 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 Sunde River : 18 espèces reliées par 86 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 9.5%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 25 bulles taxonomiques (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°
22,9°C
Annual rain
772mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,55
Runoff
70mm/an
PET
1 726mm
AET
652mm
Mean slope
3,8°
Water table
347cm
Forest
15%
Crops
5%
Urban
0%
Protected
86%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)