HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080011100
Bassin · #1080011100
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 : Angoche, Mogovolas
Sub-basin area
669,6km²
Upstream area
669,8km²
Discharge
5,58m³/s
Mean elev.
61m
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- AngocheNampula · Mozambique593.2 km²88.9% of basin
- MogovolasNampula · Mozambique72.9 km²10.9% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Primeiras & Segundas
IUCN VEnvironmental Protection Area
79.64 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
4 distinct species · 4 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°
25,7°C
Annual rain
1 152mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,32
Runoff
240mm/an
PET
1 697mm
AET
973mm
Mean slope
0,7°
Water table
90cm
Forest
94%
Crops
4%
Urban
5%
Protected
30%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)