HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081414110
Bassin de Rio Lúrio
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, Malema, Metarica
Sub-basin area
729,2km²
Upstream area
8 538km²
Discharge
99,71m³/s
Mean elev.
595m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Rio Lúrio354 km²
- Bassin de Rio Lúrio164 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 409.1 km²56.3% of basin
- MalemaNampula · Mozambique317.4 km²43.7% of basin
- Metarica0.0 km²0.0% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
35 distinct species · 40 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°
23,8°C
Annual rain
939mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,49
Runoff
346mm/an
PET
1 829mm
AET
789mm
Mean slope
2,6°
Water table
166cm
Forest
18%
Crops
4%
Urban
2%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)