HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081488310
Bassin de Vunduzi
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 : Gorongosa, Macossa
Sub-basin area
1 243,2km²
Upstream area
1 243,2km²
Discharge
29,63m³/s
Mean elev.
551m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- MacossaManica · Mozambique1016.4 km²82.0% of basin
- 222.8 km²18.0% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
6 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°
22,5°C
Annual rain
1 406mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,18
Runoff
667mm/an
PET
1 717mm
AET
1 082mm
Mean slope
1,4°
Water table
146cm
Forest
69%
Crops
7%
Urban
0%
Protected
81%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)