HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081367090
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 3 administrative regions : Macomia, Meluco, Muidumbe
Sub-basin area
1 074,2km²
Upstream area
21 669,1km²
Discharge
217,54m³/s
Mean elev.
216m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Rio Messalo709 km²
- Bassin de Rio Messalo58 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 733.0 km²68.5% of basin
- Muidumbe315.9 km²29.5% of basin
- Meluco21.2 km²2.0% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 distinct species · 3 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°
25,3°C
Annual rain
1 089mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,37
Runoff
294mm/an
PET
1 735mm
AET
905mm
Mean slope
2,9°
Water table
225cm
Forest
93%
Crops
5%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)