HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081430590
Bassin · #1081430590
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 : Chiuta, Macanga
Sub-basin area
1 258,3km²
Upstream area
1 258,3km²
Discharge
6,96m³/s
Mean elev.
512m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1195.3 km²95.3% of basin
- 58.5 km²4.7% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
10 distinct species · 25 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
926mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,51
Runoff
179mm/an
PET
1 910mm
AET
782mm
Mean slope
2,5°
Water table
240cm
Forest
11%
Crops
4%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)