HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081485560
Bassin de Zambeze
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 : Chinde, Marromeu, Mopeia
Sub-basin area
774,5km²
Upstream area
1 377 492km²
Discharge
3 875,43m³/s
Mean elev.
28m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Zambeze1543 km²
- Bassin de Zambeze287 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Marromeu493.1 km²63.9% of basin
- Mopeia154.5 km²20.0% of basin
- 124.4 km²16.1% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Zambezi Delta
IUCN IVWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
771.70 km² overlap
Nº11
IUCN VIHunting Reserve
100.80 km² overlap
Nº12
IUCN VIHunting Reserve
41.08 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
273 distinct species · 400 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 36 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 Zambeze : 28 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 38 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 6.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 8 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°
25,2°C
Annual rain
998mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,45
Runoff
380mm/an
PET
1 803mm
AET
844mm
Mean slope
0,3°
Water table
37cm
Forest
33%
Crops
1%
Urban
2%
Protected
18%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)