HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081394570
Bassin de Rio 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 : Majune, Maúa, Metarica
Sub-basin area
1 939,2km²
Upstream area
1 939,2km²
Discharge
18,41m³/s
Mean elev.
713m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1080.3 km²55.9% of basin
- 668.1 km²34.6% of basin
- Metarica183.7 km²9.5% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 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°
23,3°C
Annual rain
1 118mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,33
Runoff
338mm/an
PET
1 673mm
AET
880mm
Mean slope
2,1°
Water table
179cm
Forest
66%
Crops
11%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)