HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081400980
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 5 administrative regions : Cuamba, Majune, Mandimba, Maúa, Metarica
Sub-basin area
568,7km²
Upstream area
568,9km²
Discharge
6,43m³/s
Mean elev.
688m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
5 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Metarica239.7 km²42.3% of basin
- 186.5 km²32.9% of basin
- 121.9 km²21.5% of basin
- 12.6 km²2.2% of basin
- 6.0 km²1.1% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
15 distinct species · 29 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°
23,5°C
Annual rain
1 049mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,38
Runoff
357mm/an
PET
1 690mm
AET
863mm
Mean slope
1,3°
Water table
113cm
Forest
49%
Crops
10%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)