HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081406750
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 2 administrative regions : Mandimba, Mecanhelas
Sub-basin area
395,2km²
Upstream area
395,3km²
Discharge
4,17m³/s
Mean elev.
768m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 297.7 km²75.6% of basin
- 96.1 km²24.4% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
4 distinct species · 5 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°
22,9°C
Annual rain
1 024mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,37
Runoff
335mm/an
PET
1 617mm
AET
845mm
Mean slope
2,1°
Water table
162cm
Forest
57%
Crops
22%
Urban
1%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)