HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081506410
Bassin · #1081506410
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, Tsholotsho
Sub-basin area
1 081,5km²
Upstream area
1 081,5km²
Discharge
0,98m³/s
Mean elev.
1 010m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1039.4 km²96.4% of basin
- 38.9 km²3.6% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
Unknown 8
IUCN Not ReportedWildlife Management Area
468.17 km² overlap
Unknown 7
IUCN Not ReportedWildlife Management Area
299.45 km² overlap
Hwange
IUCN IINational Park
37.92 km² overlap
Unknown 10
IUCN Not ReportedWildlife Management Area
0.06 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
24 distinct species · 163 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°
21,1°C
Annual rain
524mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,71
Runoff
28mm/an
PET
1 817mm
AET
440mm
Mean slope
0,0°
Water table
35cm
Forest
38%
Crops
5%
Urban
0%
Protected
75%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)