HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081409100
Bassin · #1081409100
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 : Mecuburi, Muecate
Sub-basin area
330km²
Upstream area
330km²
Discharge
4,09m³/s
Mean elev.
451m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- MuecateNampula · Mozambique207.2 km²63.0% of basin
- MecuburiNampula · Mozambique121.6 km²37.0% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Mecuburi
IUCN IVForest Reserve
252.56 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
5 distinct species · 6 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°
24,5°C
Annual rain
1 093mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,39
Runoff
368mm/an
PET
1 790mm
AET
918mm
Mean slope
1,7°
Water table
167cm
Forest
88%
Crops
6%
Urban
0%
Protected
77%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)