HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081488120
Bassin de Gwayi River
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 : Hwange, Lupane
Sub-basin area
1 713,1km²
Upstream area
20 533,9km²
Discharge
16,61m³/s
Mean elev.
1 025m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Gwayi River71 km²
- Bassin de Gwayi River10 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1364.6 km²79.9% of basin
- 343.2 km²20.1% of basin
5 intersecting protected areas
Sikumi
IUCN Not ReportedState Forest
177.51 km² overlap
Ngamo
IUCN Not ReportedState Forest
144.34 km² overlap
Mabale
IUCN Not ReportedWildlife Management Area
42.46 km² overlap
Hwange
IUCN IINational Park
25.18 km² overlap
Gwayi Conservancy
IUCN Not ReportedConservancy
14.94 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
746 distinct species · 13 938 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°
21,0°C
Annual rain
639mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,65
Runoff
40mm/an
PET
1 815mm
AET
539mm
Mean slope
1,2°
Water table
380cm
Forest
85%
Crops
10%
Urban
0%
Protected
23%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)