HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081418230
Bassin · #1081418230
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
186,3km²
Upstream area
186,3km²
Discharge
2,49m³/s
Mean elev.
645m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 88.6 km²47.7% of basin
- 80.9 km²43.6% of basin
- 14.8 km²7.9% of basin
- 1.4 km²0.7% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Lake Chilwa
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
10.86 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 1 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 130mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,33
Runoff
429mm/an
PET
1 677mm
AET
912mm
Mean slope
0,4°
Water table
48cm
Forest
40%
Crops
14%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)