HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081436820
Bassin · #1081436820
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 : Angoche, Meconta, Mogovolas, Mongincual
Sub-basin area
513,8km²
Upstream area
1 305,9km²
Discharge
11,71m³/s
Mean elev.
131m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #1081429970312 km²
- Bassin · #1081430110122 km²
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- MogovolasNampula · Mozambique176.7 km²34.5% of basin
- MecontaNampula · Mozambique154.7 km²30.2% of basin
- MongincualNampula · Mozambique93.2 km²18.2% of basin
- AngocheNampula · Mozambique87.4 km²17.1% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
33 distinct species · 44 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 114mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,37
Runoff
273mm/an
PET
1 763mm
AET
941mm
Mean slope
1,9°
Water table
172cm
Forest
99%
Crops
6%
Urban
1%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)