HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081404550
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 3 administrative regions : Lalaua, Mecuburi, Namuno
Sub-basin area
18,5km²
Upstream area
38 466km²
Discharge
434,26m³/s
Mean elev.
331m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Rio Lúrio294 km²
- Bassin de Rio Lúrio135 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 11.5 km²62.3% of basin
- LalauaNampula · Mozambique6.9 km²37.4% of basin
- MecuburiNampula · Mozambique0.1 km²0.3% 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°
25,3°C
Annual rain
1 028mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,44
Runoff
329mm/an
PET
1 840mm
AET
867mm
Mean slope
0,8°
Water table
68cm
Forest
28%
Crops
3%
Urban
10%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)