HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081398390
Bassin · #1081398390
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 2 administrative regions : Mandimba, N'gauma
Sub-basin area
467,5km²
Upstream area
2 854,1km²
Discharge
28,22m³/s
Mean elev.
732m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #1081398960412 km²
- Bassin · #1081398790158 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 241.1 km²51.8% of basin
- 224.6 km²48.2% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
13 distinct species · 15 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°
23,1°C
Annual rain
1 102mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,32
Runoff
356mm/an
PET
1 624mm
AET
871mm
Mean slope
1,8°
Water table
172cm
Forest
94%
Crops
16%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)