HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080011560
Bassin · #1080011560
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 : Chinde, Mopeia
Sub-basin area
568km²
Upstream area
568km²
Discharge
7,62m³/s
Mean elev.
5m
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 565.9 km²99.9% of basin
- Mopeia0.0 km²0.0% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Zambezi Delta
IUCN IVWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
566.24 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 2 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
1 150mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,27
Runoff
440mm/an
PET
1 581mm
AET
972mm
Mean slope
0,1°
Water table
6cm
Forest
30%
Crops
3%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)