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
Species present
Ecological tissue
Graphe en cours d’indexation
Calcul du tissu écologique de cette entité.
Le graphe apparaîtra automatiquement dès que le calcul est terminé (rafraîchissement toutes les 2s).
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)