HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081369980
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, Meluco
Sub-basin area
709,4km²
Upstream area
709,6km²
Discharge
7,45m³/s
Mean elev.
289m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Meluco651.9 km²92.2% of basin
- 54.8 km²7.8% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Quirimbas
IUCN VBuffer Zone
83.08 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°
25,3°C
Annual rain
1 086mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,38
Runoff
330mm/an
PET
1 754mm
AET
903mm
Mean slope
1,5°
Water table
167cm
Forest
53%
Crops
4%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)