HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081428210
Bassin · #1081428210
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, Mogovolas, Nampula
Sub-basin area
181,4km²
Upstream area
181,5km²
Discharge
1,88m³/s
Mean elev.
293m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- NampulaNampula · Mozambique145.1 km²80.3% of basin
- MecontaNampula · Mozambique35.6 km²19.7% of basin
- MogovolasNampula · Mozambique0.0 km²0.0% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
14 distinct species · 20 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°
25,2°C
Annual rain
1 125mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,38
Runoff
326mm/an
PET
1 806mm
AET
951mm
Mean slope
2,5°
Water table
180cm
Forest
69%
Crops
3%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)