HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081368610
Bassin de Rio Lucheringo
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 : Mavago, Sanga
Sub-basin area
969,8km²
Upstream area
7 904km²
Discharge
174,35m³/s
Mean elev.
695m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Rio Lucheringo1310 km²
- Bassin de Rio Lucheringo1038 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 523.2 km²54.2% of basin
- 442.8 km²45.8% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Niassa
IUCN VISpecial Reserve
505.00 km² overlap
Niassa
IUCN VIBuffer Zone
331.28 km² overlap
Chipanje Chetu
IUCN VICommunity Conservation Area
118.02 km² overlap
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°
23,6°C
Annual rain
1 287mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,17
Runoff
611mm/an
PET
1 557mm
AET
892mm
Mean slope
3,7°
Water table
223cm
Forest
79%
Crops
12%
Urban
0%
Protected
87%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)