HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081476630
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 : Hwange, Livingstone, Victoria Falls
Sub-basin area
171,8km²
Upstream area
520 760,8km²
Discharge
1 065,2m³/s
Mean elev.
948m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Sinde558 km²
- Bassin de Zambezi520 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 108.6 km²63.4% of basin
- 55.1 km²32.2% of basin
- 7.5 km²4.4% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
Zambezi
IUCN IINational Park
107.40 km² overlap
Mosi oa tunya
IUCN IINational Park
33.85 km² overlap
Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
15.85 km² overlap
Dambwa
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
4.87 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 531 distinct species · 261 898 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
686mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,63
Runoff
40mm/an
PET
1 873mm
AET
579mm
Mean slope
1,3°
Water table
293cm
Forest
31%
Crops
4%
Urban
5%
Protected
79%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)