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HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080011800

Bassin · #1080011800

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 1 administrative regions : Muanza

Coastal basinPfafstetter: 12301073

Sub-basin area

211,5km²

Upstream area

211,5km²

Discharge

3,46m³/s

Mean elev.

11m

Administrative coverage

1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)

2 intersecting protected areas

  • Zambezi Delta

    IUCN IV

    Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)

    191.87 km² overlap

  • Nº10

    IUCN VI

    Hunting Reserve

    186.26 km² overlap

Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.

Species present

4 distinct species · 5 observations

Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.

Densité d'observations

5 obs · 2 cellules
Obs. / cellule
≥ 4
4–3
4–3
4–3
< 4

Source : GBIF — observations agrégées par hexagones 0.027° × 0.027° (~22km), filtre précision coordonnée < 10 km. Fond carte : OpenFreeMap · © OpenStreetMap.

Ecological tissue

Not enough documented interactions to build a meaningful graph for this territory.

Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)

Mean T°

25,0°C

Annual rain

1 195mm

Moisture idx (CMI)

-0,24

Runoff

503mm/an

PET

1 583mm

AET

1 006mm

Mean slope

0,3°

Water table

13cm

Forest

90%

Crops

0%

Urban

0%

Protected

88%

HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)