HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081380030
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, Mavago, Mecula
Sub-basin area
553,4km²
Upstream area
32 815,3km²
Discharge
399,78m³/s
Mean elev.
452m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Namissimba River269 km²
- Bassin de Lugenda18 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 258.3 km²46.9% of basin
- 202.4 km²36.7% of basin
- 90.6 km²16.4% 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°
25,1°C
Annual rain
1 206mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,28
Runoff
395mm/an
PET
1 678mm
AET
906mm
Mean slope
1,4°
Water table
97cm
Forest
44%
Crops
7%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)