HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081370650
Bassin de Lugenda
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 : Marrupa, Mecula, Montepuez
Sub-basin area
594km²
Upstream area
50 931,8km²
Discharge
613,08m³/s
Mean elev.
297m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Luambeze River1561 km²
- Bassin de Lugenda713 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 539.2 km²91.1% of basin
- 52.3 km²8.8% of basin
- 0.3 km²0.1% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Niassa
IUCN VISpecial Reserve
591.74 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
112 distinct species · 138 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 17 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Bassin de Lugenda : 17 espèces dont 3 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 12 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 8.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
26,0°C
Annual rain
1 115mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,37
Runoff
525mm/an
PET
1 760mm
AET
898mm
Mean slope
1,9°
Water table
122cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)