HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081398960
Bassin · #1081398960
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
412,4km²
Upstream area
2 228,8km²
Discharge
21,69m³/s
Mean elev.
815m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #1081401540310 km²
- Bassin · #108140173017 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 252.9 km²61.5% of basin
- 158.0 km²38.5% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 2 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°
22,6°C
Annual rain
1 082mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,32
Runoff
323mm/an
PET
1 590mm
AET
862mm
Mean slope
2,9°
Water table
261cm
Forest
95%
Crops
16%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)