HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081463150
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, SC Makoka, TA Chimombo, TA Ndamera +2
Sub-basin area
832,7km²
Upstream area
157 902,8km²
Discharge
577,5m³/s
Mean elev.
146m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Shire948 km²
- Bassin de Shire321 km²
7 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Morrumbala367.8 km²44.3% of basin
- 188.2 km²22.7% of basin
- 89.8 km²10.8% of basin
- 69.6 km²8.4% of basin
- 63.4 km²7.6% of basin
- 35.6 km²4.3% of basin
- 15.6 km²1.9% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
174 distinct species · 338 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 Shire : 23 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 20 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 5.7%, 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°
25,2°C
Annual rain
894mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,52
Runoff
202mm/an
PET
1 868mm
AET
756mm
Mean slope
2,2°
Water table
149cm
Forest
89%
Crops
9%
Urban
3%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)