HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081452430
Bassin · #1081452430
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 3 administrative regions across 2 countries : Rivungo, Shang'ombo, Sikongo
Sub-basin area
455,8km²
Upstream area
455,8km²
Discharge
1,11m³/s
Mean elev.
1 031m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 427.8 km²94.2% of basin
- Rivungo23.7 km²5.2% of basin
- 2.6 km²0.6% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
West Zambezi
IUCN VIGame Management Area
429.82 km² overlap
Mavinga National Park
IUCN IINational Park
24.65 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
163 distinct species · 243 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Graphe en cours d’indexation
Calcul du tissu écologique de cette entité.
Le graphe apparaîtra automatiquement dès que le calcul est terminé (rafraîchissement toutes les 2s).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
22,0°C
Annual rain
761mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,59
Runoff
38mm/an
PET
1 860mm
AET
642mm
Mean slope
0,0°
Water table
25cm
Forest
5%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
93%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)