HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081409920
Bassin · #1081409920
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, Ribaue
Sub-basin area
188,1km²
Upstream area
2 238,3km²
Discharge
25,04m³/s
Mean elev.
432m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #1081412900730 km²
- Bassin · #1081412910204 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- LalauaNampula · Mozambique178.9 km²95.5% of basin
- RibaueNampula · Mozambique8.4 km²4.5% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 distinct species · 7 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 054mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,41
Runoff
344mm/an
PET
1 794mm
AET
889mm
Mean slope
1,6°
Water table
130cm
Forest
62%
Crops
7%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)