HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081428980
Bassin · #1081428980
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, Murrupula
Sub-basin area
1 180,7km²
Upstream area
1 180,7km²
Discharge
5,27m³/s
Mean elev.
397m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- MurrupulaNampula · Mozambique1054.6 km²89.6% of basin
- MogovolasNampula · Mozambique121.9 km²10.4% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
21 distinct species · 23 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
1 160mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,34
Runoff
268mm/an
PET
1 770mm
AET
971mm
Mean slope
2,7°
Water table
206cm
Forest
70%
Crops
5%
Urban
1%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)