HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080011740
Bassin · #1080011740
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 : Cheringoma, Marromeu
Sub-basin area
136,4km²
Upstream area
2 911,3km²
Discharge
25,27m³/s
Mean elev.
6m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
Outlet (drains to ocean / endorheic)
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #1081495910192 km²
- Bassin · #108149584028 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 113.6 km²83.5% of basin
- Marromeu22.4 km²16.5% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Zambezi Delta
IUCN IVWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
136.03 km² overlap
Nº10
IUCN VIHunting Reserve
71.96 km² overlap
Marromeu
IUCN IVNational Reserve
63.07 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 1 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°
25,2°C
Annual rain
1 125mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,30
Runoff
347mm/an
PET
1 603mm
AET
951mm
Mean slope
0,3°
Water table
15cm
Forest
56%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
98%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)