HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081370280
Bassin · #1081370280
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 : Lago, Sanga
Sub-basin area
663km²
Upstream area
663,1km²
Discharge
17m³/s
Mean elev.
838m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 660.2 km²100.0% of basin
- 0.3 km²0.0% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Chipanje Chetu
IUCN VICommunity Conservation Area
660.47 km² overlap
Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
0.00 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
4 distinct species · 4 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°
22,6°C
Annual rain
1 337mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,10
Runoff
776mm/an
PET
1 484mm
AET
881mm
Mean slope
4,0°
Water table
190cm
Forest
25%
Crops
5%
Urban
1%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)