HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081495840
Bassin · #1081495840
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
28,2km²
Upstream area
2 583,3km²
Discharge
23,46m³/s
Mean elev.
3m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #1081495080719 km²
- Bassin · #1081495000471 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 24.9 km²88.6% of basin
- Marromeu3.2 km²11.4% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Zambezi Delta
IUCN IVWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
28.07 km² overlap
Marromeu
IUCN IVNational Reserve
25.48 km² overlap
Nº10
IUCN VIHunting Reserve
2.00 km² overlap
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°
25,2°C
Annual rain
1 107mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,32
Runoff
327mm/an
PET
1 628mm
AET
935mm
Mean slope
0,0°
Water table
0cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
98%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)