HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080010790
Bassin de Rio Maculucha
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 : Mossuril, Nacala Velha
Sub-basin area
234,2km²
Upstream area
234,3km²
Discharge
0,36m³/s
Mean elev.
76m
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- MossurilNampula · Mozambique193.4 km²82.9% of basin
- Nacala VelhaNampula · Mozambique39.7 km²17.0% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Matibane
IUCN IVForest Reserve
6.32 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
15 distinct species · 16 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°
25,3°C
Annual rain
856mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,49
Runoff
90mm/an
PET
1 668mm
AET
724mm
Mean slope
1,7°
Water table
446cm
Forest
50%
Crops
3%
Urban
17%
Protected
3%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)