HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081454300
Bassin de Metangua River
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 : Centenary/ Muzarabani, Mount Darwin
Sub-basin area
415,1km²
Upstream area
415,1km²
Discharge
2,55m³/s
Mean elev.
1 128m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 244.1 km²59.0% of basin
- 169.6 km²41.0% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
16 distinct species · 52 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°
19,2°C
Annual rain
885mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,44
Runoff
184mm/an
PET
1 588mm
AET
741mm
Mean slope
3,0°
Water table
328cm
Forest
2%
Crops
2%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)