HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080041770
Bassin · #1080041770
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 4 administrative regions across 2 countries : Lake Chilwa, Mecanhelas, Milange, SC Mkumbira
Sub-basin area
254,9km²
Upstream area
8 783,6km²
Discharge
114,02m³/s
Mean elev.
638m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
Outlet (drains to ocean / endorheic)
▲ Receives from 4 basins
- Bassin de Domasi River2282 km²
- Bassin de Likangala1331 km²
- Bassin · #10814256001299 km²
- Bassin · #108142569016 km²
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 138.6 km²54.6% of basin
- 97.2 km²38.3% of basin
- Milange10.4 km²4.1% of basin
- 7.8 km²3.1% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Lake Chilwa
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
104.55 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 2 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°
22,9°C
Annual rain
1 371mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,18
Runoff
531mm/an
PET
1 662mm
AET
1 025mm
Mean slope
0,6°
Water table
46cm
Forest
0%
Crops
5%
Urban
7%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)