Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site) · moz
Zambezi Delta
- Area
- 31 657 km²
- IUCN cat.
- IV
- Year
- 2004
Overview
- Designation
- Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
- IUCN category
- IV · Aire d'habitats / espèces
Gestion active pour maintenir habitats / espèces particuliers
- Established
- 2004
- Managing authority
- The Zambezi Regional Water Authority (ARA-Zambezi) is responsible for water management and allocation in the Zambezi River basin, including the delta. The Director is Mr. Custódio Vicente, based in the city of Tete.
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
2 442 distinct species · 41 333 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 Zambezi Delta : 13 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 13 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 12.4%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 2 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology80 basins · 9 lakes · 10 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
905,0km
Lake surface here
5,63km²
Basins crossed
80
Max stream order
8
Max drainage
1 378 121km²
Discharge in basins
9 065,9m³/s
Mean precip.
1 083mm/an
Mean T°
24,9°C
Moisture idx
-0,37
Mean runoff
384mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
99m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Rio Lualuasub-area1 953,4 km²overlap1947.00 km²6%
- Basin #11540sub-area1 808,2 km²overlap1802.47 km²6%
- Basin #66280sub-area1 728,3 km²overlap1660.72 km²5%
- Basin #77130sub-area1 663,4 km²overlap1657.99 km²5%
- Basin #88150sub-area1 530,6 km²overlap1525.72 km²5%
- Bassin de Rio Cuacuasub-area1 319,3 km²overlap1315.03 km²4%
- Basin #79310sub-area1 060,8 km²overlap1057.39 km²3%
- Basin #11760sub-area1 553,3 km²overlap1013.00 km²3%
- Basin #11670sub-area965,2 km²overlap952.51 km²3%
71 more basinssorted by overlap
- Bassin de Rio Mutiadesub-area904,5 km²overlap866.78 km²3%
- Basin #11600sub-area783,5 km²overlap781.04 km²2%
- Bassin de Zambezesub-area774,5 km²overlap771.70 km²2%
- Basin #66240sub-area708,8 km²overlap706.46 km²2%
- Basin #89870sub-area640,9 km²overlap638.92 km²2%
- Bassin de Rio Cuacuasub-area625 km²overlap623.01 km²2%
- Basin #64650sub-area1 058,8 km²overlap605.13 km²2%
- Basin #11560sub-area568 km²overlap566.24 km²2%
- Basin #88320sub-area549,5 km²overlap547.80 km²2%
- Basin #11580sub-area538 km²overlap536.29 km²2%
- Bassin de Rio Licuarisub-area655,6 km²overlap521.95 km²2%
- Bassin de Zambezesub-area1 542,5 km²overlap515.87 km²2%
- Basin #91010sub-area493,5 km²overlap491.96 km²2%
- Bassin de Zambezesub-area487,6 km²overlap486.03 km²2%
- Bassin de Rio Cuacuasub-area485,1 km²overlap483.57 km²2%
- Basin #95080sub-area718,9 km²overlap476.27 km²2%
- Basin #95000sub-area470,5 km²overlap469.07 km²1%
- Bassin de Rio Cuacuasub-area456,8 km²overlap455.30 km²1%
- Basin #11720sub-area455,1 km²overlap449.74 km²1%
- Basin #58040sub-area460,2 km²overlap442.65 km²1%
- Bassin de Rio Cuacuasub-area431,9 km²overlap430.50 km²1%
- Bassin de Zambezesub-area440,1 km²overlap416.33 km²1%
- Basin #87370sub-area417,8 km²overlap408.50 km²1%
- Basin #58030sub-area415,8 km²overlap397.63 km²1%
- Bassin de Rio Licuarisub-area1 712,8 km²overlap379.24 km²1%
- Basin #11510sub-area409,9 km²overlap373.01 km²1%
- Basin #89500sub-area356,8 km²overlap355.64 km²1%
- Basin #64640sub-area329,4 km²overlap328.27 km²1%
- Basin #67540sub-area320,4 km²overlap319.35 km²1%
- Basin #89490sub-area258,6 km²overlap257.79 km²1%
- Basin #11790sub-area240,1 km²overlap238.98 km²1%
- Basin #90990sub-area221,5 km²overlap220.81 km²1%
- Basin #91000sub-area214,8 km²overlap214.15 km²1%
- Bassin de Rio Cuacuasub-area211,3 km²overlap210.63 km²1%
- Basin #91100sub-area556,8 km²overlap206.97 km²1%
- Basin #11800sub-area211,5 km²overlap191.87 km²1%
- Basin #95910sub-area191,6 km²overlap190.97 km²1%
- Basin #11550sub-area195 km²overlap188.36 km²1%
- Bassin de Rio Cuacuasub-area182,8 km²overlap182.22 km²1%
- Basin #87420sub-area169,5 km²overlap168.93 km²1%
- Basin #89730sub-area153,3 km²overlap152.78 km²0%
- Bassin de Zambezesub-area139,3 km²overlap138.82 km²0%
- Basin #11740sub-area136,4 km²overlap136.03 km²0%
- Basin #11750sub-area142,4 km²overlap111.19 km²0%
- Bassin de Rio Licuarisub-area107,6 km²overlap107.23 km²0%
- Basin #67420sub-area101,5 km²overlap101.18 km²0%
- Bassin de Rio Mutiadesub-area339,7 km²overlap99.99 km²0%
- Bassin de Rio Cuacuasub-area72,2 km²overlap72.00 km²0%
- Basin #70730sub-area324,6 km²overlap70.62 km²0%
- Bassin de Shiresub-area1 528,2 km²overlap68.66 km²0%
- Bassin de Rio Cuacuasub-area58,5 km²overlap58.29 km²0%
- Basin #11810sub-area1 348,2 km²overlap58.28 km²0%
- Basin #11530sub-area49 km²overlap48.86 km²0%
- Basin #52680sub-area82,6 km²overlap44.94 km²0%
- Bassin de Rio Chipocasub-area160,7 km²overlap44.90 km²0%
- Basin #11730sub-area37,9 km²overlap36.92 km²0%
- Basin #11590sub-area30,3 km²overlap29.52 km²0%
- Basin #95840sub-area28,2 km²overlap28.07 km²0%
- Bassin de Shiresub-area826,1 km²overlap18.51 km²0%
- Basin #52690sub-area213,1 km²overlap18.38 km²0%
- Basin #50200sub-area468,5 km²overlap15.06 km²0%
- Bassin de Shiresub-area947,7 km²overlap12.76 km²0%
- Bassin de Rio Lavasub-area308,8 km²overlap10.60 km²0%
- Bassin de Rio Namacurrasub-area2 381,4 km²overlap9.17 km²0%
- Basin #11570sub-area9,2 km²overlap7.39 km²0%
- Bassin de Rio Namacurrasub-area868,5 km²overlap4.53 km²0%
- Basin #11770sub-area8,8 km²overlap3.87 km²0%
- Basin #90970sub-area1 611,5 km²overlap0.98 km²0%
- Bassin de Zambezesub-area286,5 km²overlap0.80 km²0%
- Bassin de Shiresub-area912,3 km²overlap0.57 km²0%
- Basin #11490sub-area299,4 km²overlap0.22 km²0%
Lakes (9, top by area)
- Lake #82557area2 km²avg depth1.6 m
- Lago Dedaarea1,7 km²avg depth1.4 m
- Lac 1415094area0,6 km²avg depth1.9 m
- Lac 1415499area0,4 km²avg depth0.9 m
- Lac 1415139area0,3 km²avg depth0.9 m
- Lac 1415008area0,2 km²avg depth3.1 m
- Lac 1415838area0,2 km²avg depth1.9 m
- Lac 1415463area0,1 km²avg depth1.1 m
- Lac 1415306area0,1 km²avg depth1.0 m
Rivers / streams (10, ord ≥ 4)
- Rio Cuacuaord 5len here290.12 km100%total291 km
- Zambezeord 8len here230.11 km30%total778 km
- Rio Mutiadeord 3len here144.92 km100%total145 km
- Rio Licuariord 5len here101.18 km85%total119 km
- Rio Chirabaord 2len here39.82 km100%total40 km
- Rio Namiraord 2len here30.10 km100%total30 km
- Zambezeord 3len here30.07 km100%total30 km
- Rio Lualuaord 5len here21.45 km100%total21 km
- Rio dos Bons Sinaisord 6len here16.71 km82%total20 km
- Rio Chipocaord 2len here0.52 km3%total21 km
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Location
Fond cartographique : OpenFreeMap · © OpenStreetMap contributors · Géométrie : nos sources (GADM/HydroBASINS/HydroLAKES/HydroRIVERS/WDPA)
- Centroid
- -17.92006, 36.24526
- Open in maps
- OpenStreetMap → · Satellite →
Species observed (Phase 2)
Listing species observed within this protected area requires the GBIF v2 partition × WDPA spatial overlay matview. Computing infrastructure pending.