HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081416360
Bassin · #1081416360
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 4 administrative regions across 2 countries : Lake Chiuta, Mecanhelas, SC Chikweo, TA Kawinga
Sub-basin area
181,9km²
Upstream area
182km²
Discharge
2,32m³/s
Mean elev.
649m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 174.9 km²96.5% of basin
- 5.5 km²3.0% of basin
- 0.9 km²0.5% of basin
- 0.0 km²0.0% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
9 distinct species · 9 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°
23,5°C
Annual rain
1 096mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,35
Runoff
409mm/an
PET
1 685mm
AET
896mm
Mean slope
0,5°
Water table
63cm
Forest
18%
Crops
10%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)