HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081410170
Bassin · #1081410170
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 : Chibombo, Ngabwe
Sub-basin area
95,3km²
Upstream area
3 366,2km²
Discharge
14,13m³/s
Mean elev.
1 117m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Munga1409 km²
- Bassin · #1081410100140 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 94.3 km²99.3% of basin
- 0.7 km²0.7% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
13 distinct species · 25 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°
21,0°C
Annual rain
953mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,44
Runoff
119mm/an
PET
1 694mm
AET
803mm
Mean slope
0,0°
Water table
4cm
Forest
100%
Crops
17%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)