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HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081454270

Bassin · #1081454270

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 1 administrative regions : Kazungula

Pfafstetter: 12291269

Sub-basin area

407,3km²

Upstream area

407,4km²

Discharge

0,42m³/s

Mean elev.

1 115m

Administrative coverage

Hydrographic chain

▼ Drains into

Bassin de Chisowa95 km²

▲ Receives from 0 basins

Source / headwater (no upstream basin)

1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)

3 intersecting protected areas

  • Sichifulo

    IUCN VI

    Game Management Area

    396.79 km² overlap

  • Kalomo Hills

    IUCN Not Reported

    Forest Reserve

    91.91 km² overlap

  • Mulobezi

    IUCN VI

    Game Management Area

    9.20 km² overlap

Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.

Species present

1 distinct species · 70 observations

Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.

Densité d'observations

70 obs · 8 cellules
Obs. / cellule
≥ 37
37–36
8–36
7–7
< 7

Source : GBIF — observations agrégées par hexagones 0.027° × 0.027° (~22km), filtre précision coordonnée < 10 km. Fond carte : OpenFreeMap · © OpenStreetMap.

Ecological tissue

Not enough documented interactions to build a meaningful graph for this territory.

Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)

Mean T°

20,8°C

Annual rain

823mm

Moisture idx (CMI)

-0,54

Runoff

40mm/an

PET

1 782mm

AET

694mm

Mean slope

0,8°

Water table

137cm

Forest

29%

Crops

2%

Urban

0%

Protected

93%

HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)