HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081460740
Bassin de Sanyati
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 3 administrative regions : Gokwe North, Hurungwe, Kariba
Sub-basin area
609km²
Upstream area
43 279,4km²
Discharge
80,66m³/s
Mean elev.
816m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Sanyati1527 km²
- Bassin de Sanyati1091 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 502.4 km²82.8% of basin
- 67.2 km²11.1% of basin
- 37.3 km²6.1% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Chiroti/Fuleche
IUCN Not ReportedWildlife Management Area
437.61 km² overlap
Musamba Karuma B
IUCN Not ReportedWildlife Management Area
37.50 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
101 distinct species · 155 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 16 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 Sanyati : 15 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) + 1 bulle famille, 9 interactions GloBI documentées sur 3 types (connectance 7.5%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). Les 1 bulle regroupe des espèces visuellement absorbées par famille (≥3 espèces visibles).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
22,6°C
Annual rain
777mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,55
Runoff
63mm/an
PET
1 718mm
AET
656mm
Mean slope
3,8°
Water table
364cm
Forest
9%
Crops
2%
Urban
1%
Protected
78%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)