HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081364340
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 2 administrative regions : Macomia, Muidumbe
Sub-basin area
18,4km²
Upstream area
22 940,5km²
Discharge
227,95m³/s
Mean elev.
41m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #1081364990243 km²
- Bassin de Rio Messalo42 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 10.4 km²57.1% of basin
- Muidumbe7.8 km²42.9% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
0 distinct species · 0 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°
25,8°C
Annual rain
1 028mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,40
Runoff
207mm/an
PET
1 714mm
AET
867mm
Mean slope
1,0°
Water table
52cm
Forest
91%
Crops
10%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)