HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081379890
Bassin de Rio Montepuez
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
216,2km²
Upstream area
6 098,9km²
Discharge
54,46m³/s
Mean elev.
209m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #1081379490435 km²
- Bassin · #1081379480251 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Ancuabe152.1 km²70.6% of basin
- Meluco63.4 km²29.4% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
0 distinct species · 0 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°
26,0°C
Annual rain
1 065mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,40
Runoff
166mm/an
PET
1 779mm
AET
899mm
Mean slope
2,1°
Water table
217cm
Forest
38%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)