HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081457780
Bassin · #1081457780
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
Sub-basin area
151,3km²
Upstream area
1 456,8km²
Discharge
2,78m³/s
Mean elev.
1 009m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #1081455610186 km²
- Bassin · #1081455550135 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 77.1 km²51.2% of basin
- 73.6 km²48.8% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
West Zambezi
IUCN VIGame Management Area
150.75 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
0 distinct species · 0 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°
22,1°C
Annual rain
701mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,62
Runoff
49mm/an
PET
1 859mm
AET
591mm
Mean slope
0,0°
Water table
19cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)