HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080012080
Bassin de Rio Mureia
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 3 administrative regions : Buzi, Chibabava, Machanga
Sub-basin area
533,9km²
Upstream area
534,4km²
Discharge
5,89m³/s
Mean elev.
38m
Administrative coverage
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Machanga204.2 km²38.4% of basin
- Buzi176.1 km²33.1% of basin
- Chibabava151.2 km²28.4% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Nº5
IUCN VIHunting Reserve
301.50 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
16 distinct species · 20 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°
24,1°C
Annual rain
901mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,44
Runoff
358mm/an
PET
1 609mm
AET
761mm
Mean slope
0,3°
Water table
41cm
Forest
15%
Crops
3%
Urban
0%
Protected
57%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)