HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081388750
Bassin de Río Megaruma
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, Chiúre, Montepuez
Sub-basin area
313,7km²
Upstream area
1 858km²
Discharge
19,72m³/s
Mean elev.
397m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Río Megaruma1141 km²
- Bassin de Río Megaruma403 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 230.5 km²73.8% of basin
- 60.0 km²19.2% of basin
- Ancuabe22.0 km²7.0% of basin
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°
25,4°C
Annual rain
1 074mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,41
Runoff
309mm/an
PET
1 826mm
AET
906mm
Mean slope
1,7°
Water table
145cm
Forest
29%
Crops
3%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)