HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081462960
Bassin de Zeze
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
615,3km²
Upstream area
598 165km²
Discharge
1 166,57m³/s
Mean elev.
588m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Mucheni River2717 km²
- Bassin de Zongwe2554 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 490.3 km²80.0% of basin
- 122.9 km²20.0% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
Chete
IUCN VISafari Area
81.07 km² overlap
Lake Kariba
IUCN VRecreation Park
46.58 km² overlap
Nchete
IUCN Not ReportedWildlife Sanctuary
8.62 km² overlap
Zeze Hill
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
4.42 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
267 distinct species · 607 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 26 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 Zeze : 20 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 38 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 10.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 7 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°
24,1°C
Annual rain
803mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,57
Runoff
81mm/an
PET
1 861mm
AET
677mm
Mean slope
2,4°
Water table
205cm
Forest
38%
Crops
3%
Urban
0%
Protected
22%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)