HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081530430
Bassin de Mtshabezi 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 : Gwanda, Gwanda Urban
Sub-basin area
307,2km²
Upstream area
1 183,5km²
Discharge
1,42m³/s
Mean elev.
993m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #1081527900528 km²
- Bassin · #1081527950349 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 283.5 km²92.6% of basin
- 22.8 km²7.4% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
144 distinct species · 633 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 12 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 Mtshabezi River : 11 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) + 1 bulle famille, 7 interactions GloBI documentées sur 3 types (connectance 10.6%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). Les 1 bulle regroupe des espèces visuellement absorbées par famille (≥3 espèces visibles).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
19,9°C
Annual rain
477mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,72
Runoff
31mm/an
PET
1 689mm
AET
403mm
Mean slope
2,9°
Water table
489cm
Forest
56%
Crops
10%
Urban
3%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)