HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080012810
Bassin de Rio Maputo
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 across 2 countries : Matutuíne, Umkhanyakude
Sub-basin area
842km²
Upstream area
30 280,4km²
Discharge
111,61m³/s
Mean elev.
54m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
Outlet (drains to ocean / endorheic)
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #1081607320730 km²
- Bassin de Rio Maputo133 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 795.8 km²94.7% of basin
- 44.7 km²5.3% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
Maputo
IUCN VEnvironmental Protection Area
453.84 km² overlap
Tembe Elephant Park
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
44.19 km² overlap
Maputo
IUCN IISpecial Reserve
15.57 km² overlap
iSimangaliso Wetland Park – Maputo National Park
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
1.07 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 012 distinct species · 16 024 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 9 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Bassin de Rio Maputo : 6 espèces reliées par 8 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 22.2%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 3 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
22,0°C
Annual rain
731mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,52
Runoff
131mm/an
PET
1 529mm
AET
618mm
Mean slope
1,2°
Water table
231cm
Forest
96%
Crops
11%
Urban
0%
Protected
34%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)