HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081369970
Bassin · #1081369970
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 : Montepuez, Mueda
Sub-basin area
311,8km²
Upstream area
3 424,4km²
Discharge
41,16m³/s
Mean elev.
285m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #1081370400968 km²
- Bassin · #108137020017 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 162.9 km²52.5% of basin
- 147.7 km²47.5% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
7 distinct species · 8 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°
25,5°C
Annual rain
1 043mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,41
Runoff
369mm/an
PET
1 759mm
AET
876mm
Mean slope
1,6°
Water table
118cm
Forest
46%
Crops
2%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)