HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081494280
Bassin de Shangani 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 : Lupane, Nkayi
Sub-basin area
825,9km²
Upstream area
12 674,1km²
Discharge
20,35m³/s
Mean elev.
1 068m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Shangani River671 km²
- Bassin de Shangani River301 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 433.2 km²52.6% of basin
- 390.2 km²47.4% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
10 distinct species · 52 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Not enough documented interactions to build a meaningful graph for this territory.
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
20,8°C
Annual rain
619mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,65
Runoff
43mm/an
PET
1 773mm
AET
522mm
Mean slope
1,1°
Water table
408cm
Forest
31%
Crops
5%
Urban
0%
Protected
3%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)