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HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081456070

Bassin · #1081456070

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 : Shang'ombo, Sioma

Pfafstetter: 12285209

Sub-basin area

713,3km²

Upstream area

713,3km²

Discharge

0,41m³/s

Mean elev.

1 015m

Administrative coverage

Hydrographic chain

▼ Drains into

Bassin · #1081459330162 km²

▲ Receives from 0 basins

Source / headwater (no upstream basin)

2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)

4 intersecting protected areas

  • West Zambezi

    IUCN VI

    Game Management Area

    710.91 km² overlap

  • Shelangu East

    IUCN Not Reported

    Forest Reserve

    107.23 km² overlap

  • Shelungu West

    IUCN Not Reported

    Forest Reserve

    29.69 km² overlap

  • Sikabenga

    IUCN Not Reported

    Forest Reserve

    25.32 km² overlap

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

Species present

17 distinct species · 22 observations

Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.

Densité d'observations

22 obs · 7 cellules
Obs. / cellule
≥ 8
8–7
2–7
2–1
< 2

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°

22,4°C

Annual rain

740mm

Moisture idx (CMI)

-0,60

Runoff

10mm/an

PET

1 861mm

AET

624mm

Mean slope

0,0°

Water table

15cm

Forest

5%

Crops

1%

Urban

0%

Protected

96%

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