HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081495910
Bassin · #1081495910
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
191,6km²
Upstream area
191,6km²
Discharge
1,8m³/s
Mean elev.
4m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Marromeu177.6 km²93.0% of basin
- 13.3 km²7.0% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Marromeu
IUCN IVNational Reserve
190.97 km² overlap
Zambezi Delta
IUCN IVWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
190.97 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 1 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 094mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,33
Runoff
311mm/an
PET
1 631mm
AET
925mm
Mean slope
0,0°
Water table
1cm
Forest
27%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)