HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081410180
Bassin · #1081410180
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, Metarica
Sub-basin area
361km²
Upstream area
361km²
Discharge
3,8m³/s
Mean elev.
703m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Metarica190.4 km²53.0% of basin
- 160.0 km²44.5% of basin
- 9.2 km²2.6% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
0 distinct species · 0 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°
23,4°C
Annual rain
1 025mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,40
Runoff
332mm/an
PET
1 720mm
AET
857mm
Mean slope
1,8°
Water table
162cm
Forest
94%
Crops
23%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)