HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081452480
Bassin de Lufua
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 : Chikankanta, Gwembe, Kariba, Mazabuka, Monze +1
Sub-basin area
3 260,6km²
Upstream area
3 260,6km²
Discharge
8,88m³/s
Mean elev.
819m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
6 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1072.9 km²33.0% of basin
- 914.4 km²28.1% of basin
- 904.7 km²27.8% of basin
- 269.8 km²8.3% of basin
- 63.9 km²2.0% of basin
- 24.0 km²0.7% of basin
6 intersecting protected areas
Lusengezi
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
316.40 km² overlap
Nakabwe
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
58.10 km² overlap
Nandonga
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
50.27 km² overlap
Forest Reserve Name Unknown (ZMB) No.90
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
42.66 km² overlap
Lake Kariba
IUCN VRecreation Park
35.93 km² overlap
Forest Reserve Name Unknown (ZMB) No.91
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
27.02 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
308 distinct species · 534 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 Lufua : 33 espèces reliées par 31 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 4.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 4 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°
23,0°C
Annual rain
755mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,58
Runoff
81mm/an
PET
1 805mm
AET
637mm
Mean slope
5,2°
Water table
383cm
Forest
29%
Crops
5%
Urban
3%
Protected
18%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)