HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081448070
Bassin de Rio Metangua
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 : Cahora Bassa, Changara
Sub-basin area
1 653,5km²
Upstream area
1 653,5km²
Discharge
6,54m³/s
Mean elev.
445m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1594.5 km²96.8% of basin
- 53.3 km²3.2% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Tchuma tchato
IUCN VICommunity Conservation Area
679.63 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
17 distinct species · 22 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°
24,3°C
Annual rain
658mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,65
Runoff
117mm/an
PET
1 908mm
AET
555mm
Mean slope
1,4°
Water table
232cm
Forest
13%
Crops
4%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)