HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081527790
Bassin de Chiredzi
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 : Bikita, Chiredzi, Zaka
Sub-basin area
1 021,5km²
Upstream area
1 913,8km²
Discharge
7,16m³/s
Mean elev.
620m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de chiredzi275 km²
- Bassin de Nyatare River214 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 675.8 km²66.3% of basin
- 337.1 km²33.1% of basin
- 5.8 km²0.6% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Chiredzi River Conservancy
IUCN Not ReportedSanctuary
209.59 km² overlap
Manjirenji
IUCN VRecreation Park
47.66 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
43 distinct species · 117 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°
21,3°C
Annual rain
791mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,54
Runoff
107mm/an
PET
1 715mm
AET
669mm
Mean slope
4,2°
Water table
369cm
Forest
69%
Crops
13%
Urban
0%
Protected
25%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)