HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081466420
Bassin · #1081466420
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 : Guro, Macossa, Tambara
Sub-basin area
500,6km²
Upstream area
500,6km²
Discharge
3,61m³/s
Mean elev.
528m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- MacossaManica · Mozambique297.2 km²59.6% of basin
- GuroManica · Mozambique130.8 km²26.2% of basin
- TambaraManica · Mozambique70.9 km²14.2% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
10 distinct species · 10 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°
23,5°C
Annual rain
861mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,52
Runoff
228mm/an
PET
1 785mm
AET
728mm
Mean slope
1,8°
Water table
184cm
Forest
32%
Crops
4%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)