HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081490950
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, Gondola
Sub-basin area
158,5km²
Upstream area
7 469,5km²
Discharge
177,15m³/s
Mean elev.
475m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Rio Púnguè536 km²
- Bassin de Rio Púnguè118 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- BarueManica · Mozambique81.5 km²51.6% of basin
- GondolaManica · Mozambique76.4 km²48.4% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
0 distinct species · 0 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°
22,7°C
Annual rain
1 365mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,21
Runoff
794mm/an
PET
1 732mm
AET
1 081mm
Mean slope
2,8°
Water table
213cm
Forest
100%
Crops
11%
Urban
5%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)