HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081536350
Bassin de Rio Save
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 : Mabote, Machaze
Sub-basin area
504,9km²
Upstream area
93 596,8km²
Discharge
419,6m³/s
Mean elev.
130m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Rio Save636 km²
- Bassin de Rio Save149 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Mabote291.8 km²57.9% of basin
- MachazeManica · Mozambique211.8 km²42.1% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
121 distinct species · 192 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 15 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 Rio Save : 11 espèces reliées par 17 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 14.2%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 5 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
23,8°C
Annual rain
677mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,61
Runoff
108mm/an
PET
1 753mm
AET
570mm
Mean slope
0,6°
Water table
121cm
Forest
80%
Crops
5%
Urban
0%
Protected
95%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)