HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081474850
Bassin · #1081474850
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 : Hwange, Kazungula
Sub-basin area
661,6km²
Upstream area
661,8km²
Discharge
1,03m³/s
Mean elev.
1 005m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 659.2 km²100.0% of basin
- 0.2 km²0.0% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
Bovu
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
220.79 km² overlap
Malanda
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
56.99 km² overlap
Forest Reserve Name Unknown (ZMB) No.97
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
45.70 km² overlap
Forest Reserve Name Unknown (ZMB) No.98
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
16.90 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
699 distinct species · 29 560 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Graphe en cours d’indexation
Calcul du tissu écologique de cette entité.
Le graphe apparaîtra automatiquement dès que le calcul est terminé (rafraîchissement toutes les 2s).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
22,3°C
Annual rain
706mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,62
Runoff
49mm/an
PET
1 863mm
AET
595mm
Mean slope
0,8°
Water table
317cm
Forest
76%
Crops
3%
Urban
0%
Protected
52%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)