HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081409020
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 : Malema, Metarica
Sub-basin area
893,2km²
Upstream area
19 574,4km²
Discharge
237,25m³/s
Mean elev.
523m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Rio Lúrio2580 km²
- Bassin de Rio Lúrio58 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Metarica563.5 km²63.3% of basin
- MalemaNampula · Mozambique326.5 km²36.7% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Nacumua
IUCN VIHunting Reserve
401.47 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 distinct species · 22 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°
23,5°C
Annual rain
992mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,45
Runoff
366mm/an
PET
1 799mm
AET
837mm
Mean slope
1,6°
Water table
121cm
Forest
12%
Crops
2%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)