HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081459100
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 : Morrumbala, Mutarara, Nsanje Boma, TA Malemia, TA Ngabu +2
Sub-basin area
320,8km²
Upstream area
156 122,1km²
Discharge
565,25m³/s
Mean elev.
208m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Shire2580 km²
- Bassin de Shire1528 km²
7 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 141.7 km²44.3% of basin
- 57.0 km²17.8% of basin
- Morrumbala55.0 km²17.2% of basin
- 42.9 km²13.4% of basin
- 15.6 km²4.9% of basin
- 7.0 km²2.2% of basin
- 0.5 km²0.2% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Matandwe
IUCN VIForest Reserve
111.85 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
638 distinct species · 1 774 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 35 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 : 31 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 32 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 5.4%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 4 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°
24,9°C
Annual rain
977mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,46
Runoff
186mm/an
PET
1 834mm
AET
826mm
Mean slope
5,0°
Water table
253cm
Forest
100%
Crops
7%
Urban
12%
Protected
36%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)