HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081455570
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 : Binga, Gwembe, Kariba
Sub-basin area
380,4km²
Upstream area
615 818,8km²
Discharge
1 204,48m³/s
Mean elev.
509m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Chezya2370 km²
- Bassin · #10814574003 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 235.5 km²62.1% of basin
- 137.9 km²36.4% of basin
- 5.7 km²1.5% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Lake Kariba
IUCN VRecreation Park
116.92 km² overlap
Mola B
IUCN Not ReportedWildlife Management Area
69.89 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
12 distinct species · 22 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Graphe en cours d’indexation
Calcul du tissu écologique de cette entité.
Le graphe apparaîtra automatiquement dès que le calcul est terminé (rafraîchissement toutes les 2s).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
24,7°C
Annual rain
731mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,61
Runoff
72mm/an
PET
1 883mm
AET
616mm
Mean slope
1,8°
Water table
138cm
Forest
14%
Crops
6%
Urban
0%
Protected
47%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)