HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080011490
Bassin · #1080011490
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 : Inhassunge, Nicoadala
Sub-basin area
299,4km²
Upstream area
299,4km²
Discharge
4,64m³/s
Mean elev.
7m
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 271.0 km²90.8% of basin
- 3.3 km²1.1% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Zambezi Delta
IUCN IVWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
0.22 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
6 distinct species · 11 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°
25,4°C
Annual rain
1 340mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,18
Runoff
493mm/an
PET
1 644mm
AET
1 098mm
Mean slope
0,4°
Water table
28cm
Forest
100%
Crops
0%
Urban
7%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)