HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081364250
Bassin de Rio Messalo
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 : Macomia, Mocimboa da Praia, Mueda, Muidumbe
Sub-basin area
1 171km²
Upstream area
1 171km²
Discharge
11,94m³/s
Mean elev.
436m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Muidumbe488.5 km²41.9% of basin
- 456.9 km²39.2% of basin
- Mocimboa da Praia212.9 km²18.3% of basin
- 8.1 km²0.7% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
38 distinct species · 50 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°
23,8°C
Annual rain
1 111mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,32
Runoff
321mm/an
PET
1 642mm
AET
901mm
Mean slope
3,0°
Water table
245cm
Forest
96%
Crops
4%
Urban
2%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)