HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081493150
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 4 administrative regions : Barue, Gondola, Gorongosa, Macossa
Sub-basin area
1 163,6km²
Upstream area
9 766,7km²
Discharge
234,56m³/s
Mean elev.
454m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Txatola1134 km²
- Bassin de Rio Púnguè159 km²
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- GondolaManica · Mozambique518.6 km²44.7% of basin
- MacossaManica · Mozambique496.9 km²42.8% of basin
- 144.5 km²12.5% of basin
- BarueManica · Mozambique0.0 km²0.0% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 distinct species · 8 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 333mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,23
Runoff
712mm/an
PET
1 733mm
AET
1 073mm
Mean slope
2,0°
Water table
182cm
Forest
99%
Crops
10%
Urban
1%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)