HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081452640
Bassin de Zambezi
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 3 administrative regions across 2 countries : Gwembe, Kariba, Siavonga
Sub-basin area
167,5km²
Upstream area
624 128,3km²
Discharge
1 217,11m³/s
Mean elev.
487m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Hogwe River1159 km²
- Bassin de Bizhi River27 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 136.9 km²82.0% of basin
- 24.7 km²14.8% of basin
- 5.4 km²3.2% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Lake Kariba
IUCN VRecreation Park
149.02 km² overlap
Matusadona
IUCN IINational Park
3.88 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
327 distinct species · 3 748 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 9 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 Zambezi : 7 espèces + 2 bulles famille, 6 interactions GloBI documentées sur 1 type (connectance 16.7%, 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°
25,3°C
Annual rain
709mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,62
Runoff
71mm/an
PET
1 889mm
AET
598mm
Mean slope
0,0°
Water table
5cm
Forest
0%
Crops
4%
Urban
0%
Protected
92%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)