HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081467420
Bassin · #1081467420
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 : Morrumbala, Nicoadala
Sub-basin area
101,5km²
Upstream area
1 489,9km²
Discharge
17,58m³/s
Mean elev.
99m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #10814646501059 km²
- Bassin · #1081464640329 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 100.0 km²98.9% of basin
- Morrumbala1.1 km²1.1% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Zambezi Delta
IUCN IVWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
101.18 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 distinct species · 6 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°
25,1°C
Annual rain
1 072mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,41
Runoff
364mm/an
PET
1 806mm
AET
906mm
Mean slope
1,9°
Water table
176cm
Forest
100%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)