HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081455970
Bassin de Shire
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 7 administrative regions across 2 countries : Milange, Morrumbala, Mutarara, Mwabvi Game Reserve, SC Mbenje +2
Sub-basin area
2 579,9km²
Upstream area
154 273,2km²
Discharge
561,73m³/s
Mean elev.
283m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Ruo638 km²
- Bassin de Shire22 km²
7 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Milange916.7 km²35.7% of basin
- Morrumbala838.7 km²32.6% of basin
- 311.4 km²12.1% of basin
- 285.1 km²11.1% of basin
- 205.9 km²8.0% of basin
- 13.0 km²0.5% of basin
- 0.4 km²0.0% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Mwabvi Wildlife Reserve
IUCN IVWildlife Reserve
313.02 km² overlap
Matandwe
IUCN VIForest Reserve
194.61 km² overlap
Elephant Marsh
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
2.42 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
694 distinct species · 4 600 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 22 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 Shire : 17 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 25 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 9.9%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 6 bulles taxonomiques (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°
24,3°C
Annual rain
1 167mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,34
Runoff
288mm/an
PET
1 785mm
AET
953mm
Mean slope
3,2°
Water table
204cm
Forest
86%
Crops
20%
Urban
3%
Protected
20%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)