HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081478250
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
45,4km²
Upstream area
521 315,5km²
Discharge
1 065,99m³/s
Mean elev.
911m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Nanzanzu509 km²
- Bassin de Zambezi172 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 26.0 km²57.5% of basin
- 15.6 km²34.5% of basin
- 3.6 km²8.0% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
30.56 km² overlap
Mosi oa tunya
IUCN IINational Park
22.61 km² overlap
Victoria Falls
IUCN IIINational Park
3.53 km² overlap
Zambezi
IUCN IINational Park
0.09 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 361 distinct species · 222 102 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 19 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 : 17 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 15 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 8.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 2 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°
22,6°C
Annual rain
676mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,64
Runoff
38mm/an
PET
1 881mm
AET
569mm
Mean slope
3,3°
Water table
345cm
Forest
31%
Crops
11%
Urban
20%
Protected
65%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)