HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081511860
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 4 administrative regions across 2 countries : Bulilima, Hwange, Tsholotsho, Tutume
Sub-basin area
394,2km²
Upstream area
5 829,5km²
Discharge
7,65m³/s
Mean elev.
968m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Tegwani1909 km²
- Bassin de Nata1300 km²
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 152.1 km²38.7% of basin
- 119.9 km²30.5% of basin
- 63.6 km²16.2% of basin
- 49.2 km²12.5% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Mabhongana
IUCN Not ReportedWildlife Management Area
152.37 km² overlap
Hwange
IUCN IINational Park
55.16 km² overlap
Unknown 7
IUCN Not ReportedWildlife Management Area
48.83 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
4 distinct species · 35 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°
21,1°C
Annual rain
450mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,75
Runoff
23mm/an
PET
1 794mm
AET
378mm
Mean slope
0,0°
Water table
10cm
Forest
74%
Crops
10%
Urban
0%
Protected
65%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)