HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081383160
Bassin · #1081383160
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 : Ancuabe, Meluco, Montepuez
Sub-basin area
671,7km²
Upstream area
3 450km²
Discharge
36,95m³/s
Mean elev.
439m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #1081385970137 km²
- Bassin · #108138596037 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 601.0 km²89.8% of basin
- Meluco68.1 km²10.2% of basin
- Ancuabe0.0 km²0.0% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Quirimbas
IUCN VBuffer Zone
59.82 km² overlap
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°
24,9°C
Annual rain
1 034mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,42
Runoff
321mm/an
PET
1 787mm
AET
872mm
Mean slope
1,9°
Water table
179cm
Forest
72%
Crops
5%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)