HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081403730
Bassin de Rio Lúrio
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 : Mecuburi, Namuno
Sub-basin area
684km²
Upstream area
45 917,9km²
Discharge
513,97m³/s
Mean elev.
384m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Rio Lúrio163 km²
- Bassin de Rio Lúrio19 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- MecuburiNampula · Mozambique558.6 km²82.0% of basin
- 122.9 km²18.0% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 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°
25,0°C
Annual rain
1 047mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,43
Runoff
332mm/an
PET
1 824mm
AET
883mm
Mean slope
2,2°
Water table
141cm
Forest
27%
Crops
3%
Urban
1%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)