HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081409540
Bassin · #1081409540
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 : Cuamba, Mandimba, Mecanhelas
Sub-basin area
559,7km²
Upstream area
559,8km²
Discharge
6,07m³/s
Mean elev.
662m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 262.8 km²47.1% of basin
- 246.1 km²44.1% of basin
- 48.9 km²8.8% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 distinct species · 4 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°
23,6°C
Annual rain
1 020mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,40
Runoff
347mm/an
PET
1 705mm
AET
859mm
Mean slope
0,8°
Water table
78cm
Forest
7%
Crops
6%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)