HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081490850
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 3 administrative regions : Barue, Gondola, Manica
Sub-basin area
118,1km²
Upstream area
6 774,7km²
Discharge
156,07m³/s
Mean elev.
506m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Rio Púnguè471 km²
- Bassin de Rio Púnguè29 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- ManicaManica · Mozambique90.3 km²76.8% of basin
- BarueManica · Mozambique27.1 km²23.0% of basin
- GondolaManica · Mozambique0.3 km²0.2% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
5 distinct species · 11 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 350mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,22
Runoff
845mm/an
PET
1 721mm
AET
1 073mm
Mean slope
2,0°
Water table
185cm
Forest
100%
Crops
11%
Urban
5%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)