HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081463440
Bassin · #1081463440
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 : Chemba, Maringue, Tambara
Sub-basin area
400,4km²
Upstream area
3 032,5km²
Discharge
29,36m³/s
Mean elev.
324m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #1081465040330 km²
- Bassin · #1081465160227 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- TambaraManica · Mozambique323.3 km²81.0% of basin
- Chemba38.1 km²9.5% of basin
- Maringue37.7 km²9.4% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
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°
24,7°C
Annual rain
788mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,57
Runoff
140mm/an
PET
1 846mm
AET
666mm
Mean slope
1,6°
Water table
210cm
Forest
22%
Crops
4%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)