HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081460810
Bassin · #1081460810
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
1 911,7km²
Upstream area
1 911,9km²
Discharge
3m³/s
Mean elev.
1 012m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1211.1 km²63.6% of basin
- 694.2 km²36.4% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
West Zambezi
IUCN VIGame Management Area
1905.25 km² overlap
Shelungu West
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
24.08 km² overlap
Sikabenga
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
6.25 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 distinct species · 4 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°
22,3°C
Annual rain
722mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,61
Runoff
18mm/an
PET
1 860mm
AET
609mm
Mean slope
0,0°
Water table
16cm
Forest
1%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)