HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081460290
Bassin · #1081460290
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 : Mutoko, Uzumba Maramba Pfungwe
Sub-basin area
585,5km²
Upstream area
2 951,6km²
Discharge
18,25m³/s
Mean elev.
921m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #1081463070669 km²
- Bassin · #1081463030389 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 400.3 km²68.6% of basin
- 183.2 km²31.4% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Masiyandima
IUCN Not ReportedWildlife Management Area
66.90 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
33 distinct species · 37 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°
20,4°C
Annual rain
704mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,58
Runoff
176mm/an
PET
1 679mm
AET
594mm
Mean slope
6,7°
Water table
614cm
Forest
17%
Crops
4%
Urban
1%
Protected
11%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)