HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081457470
Bassin · #1081457470
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 : Chemba, Tambara
Sub-basin area
987,1km²
Upstream area
5 701,1km²
Discharge
43,37m³/s
Mean elev.
186m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #1081462670434 km²
- Bassin · #108146284062 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Chemba983.4 km²100.0% of basin
- TambaraManica · Mozambique0.4 km²0.0% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Nº7
IUCN VIHunting Reserve
428.25 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
0 distinct species · 0 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°
25,3°C
Annual rain
754mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,60
Runoff
118mm/an
PET
1 882mm
AET
636mm
Mean slope
1,0°
Water table
190cm
Forest
43%
Crops
8%
Urban
0%
Protected
44%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)