HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081390270
Bassin · #1081390270
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 : Lichinga, Majune, Muembe
Sub-basin area
1 317km²
Upstream area
1 317,1km²
Discharge
23,06m³/s
Mean elev.
996m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Muembe688.3 km²52.5% of basin
- 415.4 km²31.7% of basin
- 208.3 km²15.9% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
21 distinct species · 26 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°
21,5°C
Annual rain
1 289mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,16
Runoff
540mm/an
PET
1 533mm
AET
908mm
Mean slope
5,0°
Water table
283cm
Forest
83%
Crops
9%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)