HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081510930

Bassin de Nata

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 : Bulilima, Tsholotsho

EndorheicPfafstetter: 12910493

Sub-basin area

1 300km²

Upstream area

3 526,5km²

Discharge

4,77m³/s

Mean elev.

1 054m

Administrative coverage

Hydrographic chain

▼ Drains into

Bassin de Nata394 km²

▲ Receives from 2 basins

Bassin de Nata309 km²
Bassin de Nata186 km²

2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)

Bulilima
Matabeleland South · Zimbabwe
883.8 km²
68.2% of basin
Tsholotsho
Matabeleland North · Zimbabwe
412.3 km²
31.8% of basin

8 intersecting protected areas

Makhulela
IUCN Not Reported
Wildlife Management Area
303.99 km² overlap
Mabhongana
IUCN Not Reported
Wildlife Management Area
222.27 km² overlap
Unknown 7
IUCN Not Reported
Wildlife Management Area
182.18 km² overlap
Huwana
IUCN Not Reported
Wildlife Management Area
177.85 km² overlap
Ndolwane
IUCN Not Reported
Wildlife Management Area
117.22 km² overlap
Unknown 10
IUCN Not Reported
Wildlife Management Area
97.69 km² overlap
Gala
IUCN Not Reported
Wildlife Management Area
63.25 km² overlap
Unknown 8
IUCN Not Reported
Wildlife Management Area
54.68 km² overlap

Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.

Species present

17 distinct species · 334 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°

20,8°C

Annual rain

524mm

Moisture idx (CMI)

-0,71

Runoff

26mm/an

PET

1 779mm

AET

441mm

Mean slope

0,1°

Water table

70cm

Forest

36%

Crops

11%

Urban

Protected

94%

HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)