HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081480240
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, Zimba
Sub-basin area
115,5km²
Upstream area
3 886,6km²
Discharge
4,03m³/s
Mean elev.
618m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #10814816101489 km²
- Bassin · #1081481460625 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 115.1 km²100.0% of basin
- 0.0 km²0.0% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
152 distinct species · 229 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 34 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 : 32 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 26 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 4.4%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 3 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°
24,1°C
Annual rain
598mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,69
Runoff
40mm/an
PET
1 908mm
AET
503mm
Mean slope
4,6°
Water table
503cm
Forest
3%
Crops
5%
Urban
0%
Protected
98%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)