HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081495000
Bassin · #1081495000
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 : Cheringoma, Marromeu
Sub-basin area
470,5km²
Upstream area
470,6km²
Discharge
4,35m³/s
Mean elev.
20m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 316.9 km²67.6% of basin
- Marromeu152.1 km²32.4% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Zambezi Delta
IUCN IVWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
469.07 km² overlap
Nº10
IUCN VIHunting Reserve
326.01 km² overlap
Marromeu
IUCN IVNational Reserve
138.38 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 distinct species · 3 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°
25,2°C
Annual rain
1 085mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,35
Runoff
317mm/an
PET
1 680mm
AET
917mm
Mean slope
0,3°
Water table
9cm
Forest
61%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
99%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)