HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081438230
Bassin · #1081438230
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 : Meconta, Mongincual
Sub-basin area
790,5km²
Upstream area
790,6km²
Discharge
6,16m³/s
Mean elev.
106m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- MongincualNampula · Mozambique644.6 km²81.8% of basin
- MecontaNampula · Mozambique143.1 km²18.2% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
13 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 091mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,37
Runoff
259mm/an
PET
1 736mm
AET
922mm
Mean slope
1,7°
Water table
153cm
Forest
100%
Crops
5%
Urban
4%
Protected
3%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)