HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081489730
Bassin · #1081489730
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 1 administrative regions : Marromeu
Sub-basin area
153,3km²
Upstream area
2 849,1km²
Discharge
26,32m³/s
Mean elev.
5m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #10814881501531 km²
- Bassin · #1081488320550 km²
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Marromeu152.8 km²100.0% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
Zambezi Delta
IUCN IVWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
152.78 km² overlap
Nº14
IUCN VIHunting Reserve
102.50 km² overlap
Nº11
IUCN VIHunting Reserve
38.63 km² overlap
Marromeu
IUCN IVNational Reserve
13.80 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 distinct species · 2 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°
25,3°C
Annual rain
1 024mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,40
Runoff
329mm/an
PET
1 715mm
AET
866mm
Mean slope
0,0°
Water table
4cm
Forest
3%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)