HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081464650
Bassin · #1081464650
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 : Mocuba, Morrumbala, Nicoadala
Sub-basin area
1 058,8km²
Upstream area
1 058,9km²
Discharge
13,08m³/s
Mean elev.
307m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Morrumbala549.7 km²52.1% of basin
- 476.5 km²45.2% of basin
- 29.0 km²2.7% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Zambezi Delta
IUCN IVWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
605.13 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
12 distinct species · 17 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°
24,1°C
Annual rain
1 331mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,25
Runoff
399mm/an
PET
1 786mm
AET
1 080mm
Mean slope
2,5°
Water table
186cm
Forest
100%
Crops
1%
Urban
1%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)