HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081394830
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, Mandimba, Maúa
Sub-basin area
827,5km²
Upstream area
11 535,3km²
Discharge
125,65m³/s
Mean elev.
642m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Rio Lugenda373 km²
- Bassin de Rio Lugenda37 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 723.0 km²87.7% of basin
- 101.4 km²12.3% of basin
- 0.0 km²0.0% 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°
23,7°C
Annual rain
1 111mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,33
Runoff
415mm/an
PET
1 668mm
AET
877mm
Mean slope
1,1°
Water table
97cm
Forest
38%
Crops
10%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)