HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081377710
Bassin de Pwazi
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 5 administrative regions : SC Kafuzila, SC Khosolo Gwaza Jere, TA Kanyenda, TA Mabulabo, TA Mzikubola
Sub-basin area
906,7km²
Upstream area
906,7km²
Discharge
4,93m³/s
Mean elev.
1 142m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
5 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 620.7 km²68.7% of basin
- 91.9 km²10.2% of basin
- 88.4 km²9.8% of basin
- 60.2 km²6.7% of basin
- 42.0 km²4.6% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Chimaliro
IUCN VIForest Reserve
5.78 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
48 distinct species · 71 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°
20,3°C
Annual rain
1 127mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,25
Runoff
178mm/an
PET
1 503mm
AET
850mm
Mean slope
6,7°
Water table
297cm
Forest
42%
Crops
4%
Urban
0%
Protected
1%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)