HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081425600
Bassin · #1081425600
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 Chilwa, Mecanhelas, Milange, SC Mkumbira
Sub-basin area
1 298,5km²
Upstream area
1 298,9km²
Discharge
17,83m³/s
Mean elev.
724m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 799.1 km²61.8% of basin
- Milange451.2 km²34.9% of basin
- 31.1 km²2.4% of basin
- 12.4 km²1.0% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Lake Chilwa
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
44.34 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
37 distinct species · 59 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°
22,6°C
Annual rain
1 437mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,14
Runoff
561mm/an
PET
1 667mm
AET
1 057mm
Mean slope
2,7°
Water table
156cm
Forest
14%
Crops
8%
Urban
4%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)