HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081404380
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 : Lalaua, Nipepe
Sub-basin area
42,4km²
Upstream area
34 776,7km²
Discharge
393,22m³/s
Mean elev.
371m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Rio Lúrio1378 km²
- Bassin de Rio Lúrio718 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- LalauaNampula · Mozambique39.6 km²93.7% of basin
- Nipepe2.7 km²6.3% 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°
24,8°C
Annual rain
1 025mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,44
Runoff
336mm/an
PET
1 819mm
AET
865mm
Mean slope
0,9°
Water table
102cm
Forest
17%
Crops
2%
Urban
6%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)