HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081465680
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 2 administrative regions : Morrumbala, Mutarara
Sub-basin area
412,4km²
Upstream area
159 141,2km²
Discharge
587,87m³/s
Mean elev.
202m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Shire833 km²
- Bassin de Shire826 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Morrumbala378.1 km²92.0% of basin
- 33.0 km²8.0% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
160 distinct species · 200 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 14 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 : 13 espèces reliées par 11 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 12.1%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 1 bulle taxonomique (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°
24,8°C
Annual rain
898mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,51
Runoff
245mm/an
PET
1 850mm
AET
759mm
Mean slope
2,7°
Water table
229cm
Forest
99%
Crops
11%
Urban
1%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)