HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081490430
Bassin de Rio Púnguè
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 : Barue, Manica
Sub-basin area
28,9km²
Upstream area
6 185,6km²
Discharge
136,2m³/s
Mean elev.
502m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Nhazonia466 km²
- Bassin de Rio Púnguè95 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- ManicaManica · Mozambique16.0 km²55.3% of basin
- BarueManica · Mozambique12.9 km²44.7% of basin
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°
22,5°C
Annual rain
1 415mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,18
Runoff
839mm/an
PET
1 725mm
AET
1 096mm
Mean slope
4,9°
Water table
349cm
Forest
100%
Crops
9%
Urban
19%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)