HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081361870
Bassin · #1081361870
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 across 2 countries : Lago, Nyasa, Sanga
Sub-basin area
414,1km²
Upstream area
5 373,6km²
Discharge
126,09m³/s
Mean elev.
768m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #10813644601274 km²
- Bassin · #1081364470460 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 331.6 km²80.4% of basin
- 79.4 km²19.2% of basin
- 1.5 km²0.4% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
327.13 km² overlap
Chipanje Chetu
IUCN VICommunity Conservation Area
70.99 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
5 distinct species · 5 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°
23,0°C
Annual rain
1 344mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,10
Runoff
544mm/an
PET
1 501mm
AET
901mm
Mean slope
4,0°
Water table
130cm
Forest
53%
Crops
9%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)