HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081475680
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 : Chobe, Hwange
Sub-basin area
476,6km²
Upstream area
476,6km²
Discharge
0,54m³/s
Mean elev.
1 052m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 473.1 km²99.6% of basin
- 1.4 km²0.3% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Matetsi
IUCN VISafari Area
454.30 km² overlap
Kasane Extension
IUCN IIForest Reserve
0.86 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
422 distinct species · 1 133 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 Zambezi : 14 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) + 0 bulles famille, 8 interactions GloBI documentées sur 3 types (connectance 8.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
22,0°C
Annual rain
644mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,65
Runoff
34mm/an
PET
1 840mm
AET
543mm
Mean slope
0,7°
Water table
184cm
Forest
48%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
99%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)