HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081420860
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 2 administrative regions : Meconta, Monapo
Sub-basin area
1 217,9km²
Upstream area
1 218km²
Discharge
8,47m³/s
Mean elev.
179m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- MonapoNampula · Mozambique630.2 km²51.9% of basin
- MecontaNampula · Mozambique583.4 km²48.1% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
47 distinct species · 64 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°
24,5°C
Annual rain
993mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,43
Runoff
224mm/an
PET
1 748mm
AET
838mm
Mean slope
1,5°
Water table
165cm
Forest
79%
Crops
5%
Urban
1%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)