HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081482840
Bassin de Lutope River
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 : Binga, Gokwe South, Lupane
Sub-basin area
455,8km²
Upstream area
455,8km²
Discharge
0,75m³/s
Mean elev.
1 031m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 176.4 km²38.8% of basin
- 170.3 km²37.5% of basin
- 107.7 km²23.7% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Sinamagonde
IUCN Not ReportedWildlife Management Area
175.91 km² overlap
Mzolo
IUCN Not ReportedState Forest
64.62 km² overlap
Chirisa
IUCN VISafari Area
1.33 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 3 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°
21,6°C
Annual rain
654mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,63
Runoff
52mm/an
PET
1 750mm
AET
551mm
Mean slope
1,6°
Water table
339cm
Forest
25%
Crops
2%
Urban
0%
Protected
39%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)