HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081334160
Bassin · #1081334160
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 : Liwale, Nachingwea
Sub-basin area
432,3km²
Upstream area
7 998km²
Discharge
69,84m³/s
Mean elev.
317m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #1081335720525 km²
- Bassin · #108133565042 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 289.9 km²67.3% of basin
- 140.6 km²32.7% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 distinct species · 4 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°
25,2°C
Annual rain
868mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,48
Runoff
306mm/an
PET
1 686mm
AET
734mm
Mean slope
1,4°
Water table
122cm
Forest
33%
Crops
4%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)