HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081379360
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 : Balama, Montepuez
Sub-basin area
1 517,7km²
Upstream area
8 658,1km²
Discharge
69,65m³/s
Mean elev.
423m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Rio Messalo929 km²
- Bassin de Rio Messalo662 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1427.3 km²94.4% of basin
- Balama84.6 km²5.6% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
18 distinct species · 18 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°
24,9°C
Annual rain
1 025mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,42
Runoff
359mm/an
PET
1 778mm
AET
862mm
Mean slope
1,6°
Water table
141cm
Forest
6%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)