HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081460720
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 2 administrative regions across 2 countries : Binga, Sinazongwe
Sub-basin area
322,5km²
Upstream area
600 695,1km²
Discharge
1 172,36m³/s
Mean elev.
524m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Nangombe534 km²
- Bassin de Zambezi5 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 266.3 km²82.8% of basin
- 55.2 km²17.2% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Lake Kariba
IUCN VRecreation Park
59.63 km² overlap
Chete
IUCN VISafari Area
9.15 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
7 distinct species · 7 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°
24,4°C
Annual rain
787mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,58
Runoff
80mm/an
PET
1 879mm
AET
664mm
Mean slope
1,3°
Water table
125cm
Forest
17%
Crops
5%
Urban
0%
Protected
27%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)