HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081451250
Bassin de Rio Lugela
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 : Lugela, Milange, Mocuba, Morrumbala
Sub-basin area
710,2km²
Upstream area
710,2km²
Discharge
11,35m³/s
Mean elev.
345m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 454.2 km²64.2% of basin
- Lugela163.5 km²23.1% of basin
- Milange87.9 km²12.4% of basin
- Morrumbala2.2 km²0.3% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
59 distinct species · 110 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°
24,0°C
Annual rain
1 651mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,08
Runoff
503mm/an
PET
1 789mm
AET
1 223mm
Mean slope
3,2°
Water table
218cm
Forest
100%
Crops
9%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)