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