HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081475520
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 2 administrative regions across 2 countries : Hwange, Kazungula
Sub-basin area
226,3km²
Upstream area
519 033,9km²
Discharge
1 062,49m³/s
Mean elev.
990m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #1081474850662 km²
- Bassin de Zambezi504 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 176.9 km²78.4% of basin
- 48.7 km²21.6% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Matetsi
IUCN VISafari Area
166.27 km² overlap
Forest Reserve Name Unknown (ZMB) No.98
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
7.28 km² overlap
Forest Reserve Name Unknown (ZMB) No.97
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
5.58 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
775 distinct species · 27 904 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°
22,5°C
Annual rain
658mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,65
Runoff
51mm/an
PET
1 874mm
AET
555mm
Mean slope
1,7°
Water table
272cm
Forest
41%
Crops
2%
Urban
0%
Protected
79%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)