HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081469870
Bassin de Zambezi
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 across 2 countries : Kabe, Kazungula, Mwandi
Sub-basin area
200,5km²
Upstream area
341 077,7km²
Discharge
995,4m³/s
Mean elev.
933m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Zambezi2411 km²
- Bassin de Loanja195 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 151.1 km²75.6% of basin
- 48.6 km²24.3% of basin
- 0.2 km²0.1% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
149 distinct species · 251 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 42 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 Zambezi : 35 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 41 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 4.8%, 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°
22,4°C
Annual rain
666mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,65
Runoff
53mm/an
PET
1 894mm
AET
561mm
Mean slope
0,0°
Water table
6cm
Forest
65%
Crops
2%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)