HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081422890
Bassin de Rio Namanza
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 : Angónia, Macanga, TA Pemba, Tsangano
Sub-basin area
1 727,9km²
Upstream area
1 727,9km²
Discharge
26m³/s
Mean elev.
1 127m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 981.1 km²57.0% of basin
- 737.3 km²42.8% of basin
- 3.3 km²0.2% of basin
- Tsangano0.0 km²0.0% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Dzalanyama
IUCN VIForest Reserve
2.87 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
66 distinct species · 89 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°
20,1°C
Annual rain
1 002mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,36
Runoff
365mm/an
PET
1 559mm
AET
829mm
Mean slope
4,1°
Water table
291cm
Forest
86%
Crops
27%
Urban
3%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)