HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081408160
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
5,5km²
Upstream area
28 826,5km²
Discharge
322,9m³/s
Mean elev.
416m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Rio Lúrio1688 km²
- Bassin de Rio Lúrio72 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- LalauaNampula · Mozambique4.6 km²83.9% of basin
- Nipepe0.9 km²16.1% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 1 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°
24,2°C
Annual rain
1 015mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,44
Runoff
369mm/an
PET
1 804mm
AET
856mm
Mean slope
1,1°
Water table
35cm
Forest
11%
Crops
4%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)