HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081379480
Bassin · #1081379480
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 : Ancuabe, Meluco
Sub-basin area
250,9km²
Upstream area
5 447,7km²
Discharge
50,74m³/s
Mean elev.
263m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #10813812701218 km²
- Bassin · #1081381110370 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Meluco179.3 km²71.7% of basin
- Ancuabe70.7 km²28.3% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 distinct species · 3 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°
25,9°C
Annual rain
1 080mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,40
Runoff
204mm/an
PET
1 785mm
AET
908mm
Mean slope
3,1°
Water table
228cm
Forest
58%
Crops
3%
Urban
0%
Protected
99%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)