HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080010670
Bassin · #1080010670
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 : Memba, Namapa
Sub-basin area
1 087,2km²
Upstream area
1 087,5km²
Discharge
4,8m³/s
Mean elev.
201m
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- MembaNampula · Mozambique895.1 km²82.6% of basin
- NamapaNampula · Mozambique187.9 km²17.3% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
13 distinct species · 21 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°
24,5°C
Annual rain
875mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,49
Runoff
141mm/an
PET
1 718mm
AET
740mm
Mean slope
3,1°
Water table
253cm
Forest
80%
Crops
5%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)