HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081428090
Bassin · #1081428090
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 : Mogovolas, Nampula
Sub-basin area
42,6km²
Upstream area
2 319,7km²
Discharge
19,66m³/s
Mean elev.
265m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #1081427170391 km²
- Bassin · #1081427220137 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- NampulaNampula · Mozambique25.6 km²60.3% of basin
- MogovolasNampula · Mozambique16.8 km²39.7% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
0 distinct species · 0 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°
25,4°C
Annual rain
1 126mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,38
Runoff
327mm/an
PET
1 816mm
AET
952mm
Mean slope
5,7°
Water table
281cm
Forest
92%
Crops
8%
Urban
21%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)