HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081453560
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 2 administrative regions : Senanga, Sioma
Sub-basin area
538,9km²
Upstream area
317 982,6km²
Discharge
1 185,71m³/s
Mean elev.
1 017m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #1081451230551 km²
- Bassin de Zambezi362 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 315.7 km²58.8% of basin
- 221.4 km²41.2% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
West Zambezi
IUCN VIGame Management Area
204.48 km² overlap
Nampiu
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
126.72 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
614 distinct species · 4 139 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 12 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 : 11 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 8 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 12.1%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 1 bulle taxonomique (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°
22,2°C
Annual rain
741mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,60
Runoff
49mm/an
PET
1 857mm
AET
625mm
Mean slope
0,3°
Water table
124cm
Forest
12%
Crops
1%
Urban
5%
Protected
41%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)