HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081418270
Bassin de Rio Monapo
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 : Meconta, Monapo, Muecate
Sub-basin area
184,8km²
Upstream area
4 225,6km²
Discharge
49,19m³/s
Mean elev.
204m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Rio Monapo2485 km²
- Bassin de Rio Monapo1555 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- MecontaNampula · Mozambique121.9 km²66.2% of basin
- MuecateNampula · Mozambique56.0 km²30.4% of basin
- MonapoNampula · Mozambique6.2 km²3.4% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
12 distinct species · 26 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°
24,4°C
Annual rain
994mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,44
Runoff
239mm/an
PET
1 761mm
AET
840mm
Mean slope
1,5°
Water table
166cm
Forest
24%
Crops
2%
Urban
5%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)