HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081464500
Bassin · #1081464500
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, Sioma
Sub-basin area
328,7km²
Upstream area
4 202km²
Discharge
7,28m³/s
Mean elev.
1 000m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #10814608101912 km²
- Bassin · #1081460800212 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 192.8 km²58.9% of basin
- 129.6 km²39.6% of basin
- Rivungo5.2 km²1.6% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
West Zambezi
IUCN VIGame Management Area
320.78 km² overlap
Luengue-Luiana National Park
IUCN IINational Park
7.07 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
31 distinct species · 31 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°
22,1°C
Annual rain
672mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,64
Runoff
47mm/an
PET
1 859mm
AET
567mm
Mean slope
0,0°
Water table
34cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
91%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)